Newsmen in khaki

the long version

"Newsmen in Khaki is a personal memoir about the revered, longstanding armed forces newspaper The Stars and Stripes, as told by Herbert Mitgang, an army correspondent and managing editor of editions in North Africa and Sicily during World War II. After going AWOL from his Army Air Corps unit and risking court-martial to apply for a job as a soldier correspondent, Mitgang was surprised to receive direct orders from Gen. Dwight Eisenhower assigning him to The Stars and Stripes. Eisenhower, it turned out, "proved to be a great friend of a free press in the army newspaper, saving it from nonmilitary censorship, demands by self-promoting officers, and preachments by chaplains."" "Whether accompanying bombing missions or paratroopers, entertaining a contessa or visiting refugee camps, Mitgang offers a poignant account of his experiences. In addition to his own reflections, Mitgang includes articles by other famous authors in uniform - such as Irwin Shaw, Klaus Mann, and Bill Brinkley - as well as the voices of many American GIs. Newsmen in Khaki also details the author's postwar career, most notably his long-running stint at the New York Times, where he served as an editor, columnist, book critic, editorial writer, and founder of the paper's op-ed page."--BOOK JACKET.