Todd DePastino, BILL MAULDIN: A LIFE UP FRONT biographer: Mr. Media Interview

During World War II, the glimpse most Americans got of the "real war" came through the flashing black lines of twenty-two-year-old infantry sergeant Bill Mauldin. Week after week, Mauldin defied army censors, German artillery, and Patton's pledge to "throw his ass in jail" to deliver his popular cartoon, "Up Front" – starring wise-cracking Willie and Joe - to the pages of Stars and Stripes. Biographer Todd DePastino also edited of the cartoon collection Willie & Joe: The WWII Years.