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Yoc:
Hi Gang,
At Narfstar's suggestion we took a look at this publication.
Most are already online at the VCU Libraries Digital Collections here - http://tinyurl.com/dzkoah
but we figured they were worth hosting here as well.  To learn more about the title please check the above link.

Why should you read these you ask?  
Because the great Will Eisner was behind them and they feature some very nice GGA from the great man.

And, you'll learn how to keep your gun clean and drive a tank in mud too.  How cool is that?!
;)

Our thanks to Narf for suggesting them and Aussie for uploading and adding them to the site.

Enjoy!
-Yoc

jfglade:
 Should keep your gun clean anyway, Yoc, and your rifle too. Eisner and friends worked on PS magazine at least through the Vietnam era, promoting PM. I can remember the first time I saw an issue of PS, in Basic Training at Fort Lewis, late in 1968. My first reaction was shock at the idea that the Army would have someone imitate Eisner's style, then even greater shock when I realised that I wasn't looking an an imitation, then frustration that I was with a hundred individuals and no one of them would know what I was talking about if I shared my discovery with everyone. The entire two years I was in the Army, I only met one person who knew who Will Eisner was and he was another draftee.

 It's interesting to see how much more accessable the issues from the early fifties must have been for the troopers of the time. The brass monkey cover from 1953 undoubtedly put a lot of smiles on a great number of faces. I'm glad to see these being added. Someone could easily do a great Masters Thesis using the PS issues and the War Comics available on the site as primary texts. I personally find it interesting that it wasn't World War II that gave us war comics but the Korean War.

 I digress. Thanks for adding these. I'm sure more than a few appreciate it.

Yoc:
Thanks for sharing Jon.
Seems we've got a few veterans on the site.

aussie500:
I do not think you need to be a veteran, to appreciate the art and humour in PS magazine. I had never heard of it before someone on DC++ I think recommended them to me. An army maintenance magazine is certainly the last place I would have expected to see such gems. I never got around to getting a full set of the early ones at the time, and narfs suggestion reminded me I had enjoyed them enough to collect the rest and share them here. Sorry it is taking so long to get them up on the site, the server will not let me upload them at anything but dial up speed.

rangerhouse:
Good grief funny to see these again..  I have hundreds somewhere..  Murphy Anderson (Superman fame) did most when I was in.  I had collected many before I retired (they where laying around everywhere in the 80s). I will post when I find.. Will also illustrated many other DA Pams on maint, safety, and training.

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