A review of “Up Front” in 100 words by Catherine Stover
Some memoirists hope that writing about a tough experience will help them get it out of their system so that they can move on. That was Sergeant Mauldin’s goal. But the odds were against him: he was only 23 when WW II ended. He had served in the infantry and as a cartoonist for the G.I. newspaper. His 1945 book, Up Front, was a collection of his drawings and commentary. It became a best-seller and received the Pulitzer Prize. Wow! But did it help him to forget the war? No. Sadly, as his fame grew, so did his connection to the war.
Work cited:
Mauldin, Bill. Up Front. Henry Holt & Co., 1945, p. 34.