A Rookie in Ft. Bragg #[nn]
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "1. Hi, Folks!", Pvt. Ned Eller — writing and drawing under his own name — kicks off a wartime comic strip with a sharp, personal take on military life at Fort Bragg. From fumbling with a range finder to surviving a stolen cake and a sour tooth, Eller’s rookie misadventures take a turn when he’s hauled into the guard house for hitch-hiking into town. A rare, self-penned 1942 comic from the Ray C. Berry Syndicate, this issue captures the humor and frustration of a new recruit’s first days, all rendered in the creator’s own hand.
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Private Eller works the range finder and learns about field glasses, has the cake sent to him by his gal ate by the other trainees, accused of goldbricking by a doctor when he gets a sore tooth, and tossed into the guard house by a military police officer for hitch-hiking into town.
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