This WWII publication of 150 military-themed cartoons that had appeared in the base newspaper of APO 980 on the Aleutian Island of Adak. This scarce gathering of cartoons provides a valuable perspective on how soldiers in the remote Aleutian Islands viewed themselves and their life in that environment.
The introduction is by the great Maryland-born crime fiction writer, screenwriter, and political activist Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961), who had served in World War I and reenlisted for World War II at the age of 48. Posted to the Aleutian Islands, Hammett was given a more-or-less free hand running the base newspaper and brought two African Americans onto his staff, including Don. L Miller, creating one of the very first racially mixed units in the U.S. military. The three cartoonists—Bernard Anastasia, Oliver Pedigo, and Don L. Miller—each selected fifty of their own drawings for inclusion.
