Kilroy Was There: A GI's War in Photographs

By Tony Hillerman

Book Overview

According to the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. The Second World War was documented on a huge scale by thousands of photographers and artists who created millions of pictures.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873388070
• ISBN13: 9780873388078
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Kent State University Press
• Length: 79 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.9" x 11.4"

Customer Reviews

This is a book to keep!

Kilroy Was There: A GI's War in Photographs by Tony Hillerman. Photos by Frank Kessler This book is a treasure of gray scale WWII photographs from the European theater in WWII. As you will see these photos were taken by a combat photographer who was there! They remained in his attic long after he died until his brother found them. When one of my favorite writers found these treasures, he published them with his narrative based on the original captions. This is a book to keep! Now, if I may be allowed a little self-congratulation, note on several pages throughout the book my registered copyrighted version of the graffiti appears. I'm not pointing out the registered copyright to attempt to stop it's use but to establish authorship. I, with my own two hands (after much research) drew this version in 1997. It has been registered since 1998. Don't get me wrong, I have granted permission to any and everyone who asked. I am just so proud that my version of the millions has become the worldwide accepted version.

Photos bring World War II to life in vivid black and white

Compiled and organized by Tony Hillerman, the photos drawn from the collection of Frank Kessler bring World War II to life in vivid black and white reality in Kilroy Was There: A GI's War In Photographs. Kessler was a young accountant when he was drafted and sent to war in Europe. He saved hundreds of photos at war's end and kept them in the attic until his death: his younger brother found the photos which represented another side of the war, preserved and ordered the photos, and here they document the GI's war experience for modern audiences.