Editing Stars and Stripes (newspaper) (section)

=== World War II ===
[[File:Stars & Stripes & Hitler Dead2.jpg|thumb|upright|On May 2, 1945, ''Stars and Stripes'' announced [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]]'s death.]]

During [[World War II]], the newspaper was printed in dozens of editions in several operating theaters. Again, both newspapermen in uniform and young soldiers, some of whom would later become important journalists, filled the staffs. Some of the editions were assembled and printed very close to the [[Front (military)|front]] in order to get the latest information to the most troops. Also, during the war, the newspaper published the 53-book series ''[[G.I. Stories]]''. The Rome edition closed in 1945 and its printing press was transferred to the new ''[[Rome Daily American]]'' in an arrangement facilitated by the [[CIA]].<ref>[[David Downie]], ''Shadows of Rome'' (Seine, Tiber & Bay, 2025) chapteers 24-25</ref>

After [[Bill Mauldin]] did his popular "Up Front" cartoons for the World War II ''Stars and Stripes'', he returned home to a successful career as an editorial cartoonist and two-time winner of the [[Pulitzer Prize]]. Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and [[war correspondent]] [[Ernie Pyle]] was regularly published in the ''Stars and Stripes''<ref name="Maksel_20111101">{{Cite magazine |last=Maksel |first=Rebecca |date=2011-11-01 |title=Byline: Ernie Pyle |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/byline-ernie-pyle-76396157/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Air & Space/Smithsonian]] |language=en-US |publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]] |issn=0886-2257 |lccn=87654385 |oclc=1054386888 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211070910/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/byline-ernie-pyle-76396157/ |archive-date=2022-02-11 |access-date=2022-03-29 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=At War With The Stars And Stripes |url=https://www.americanheritage.com/war-stars-and-stripes |access-date=2022-02-11 |website=AMERICAN HERITAGE |language=en}}</ref> before he was killed by a Japanese [[Machine gun|machine-gunner]] on [[Iejima]] during the [[Battle of Okinawa]].

The magazine frequently posted photographs of a young [[Marilyn Monroe]], then known as Norma Jeane Dougherty, which later led her as being named "Miss Cheesecake 1952" by ''Stars and Stripes''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Banner |first=Lois |url=https://archive.org/details/marilynpassionpa0000bann_b1n1 |title=Marilyn: The Passion and the Paradox |year=2012 |isbn=9781608195312 |url-access=registration}}</ref>