Newspaper: Stars and Stripes. Date: February 17, 1919. Prominent news stories include: This is the iconic issue which depicts on the front page one of Wally Wallgren's most famous illustrations, that of "The Owner of the Stars and Stripes." It's also the first issue of Volume No. 2, deserving the front page headlilne, "A.E.F. Newspaper Just a Year Old; Meet Volume Two." Condition: 8 pages, complete and intact. Very good to excellent condition, with minimal wear as shown. Comes folded or rolled, depending upon existing fold lines. Comments: Wally Wallgren and C. LeRoy Baldridge, the two-person art department of the World War I era military newspaper, The Stars and Stripes, created cartoons that took the newspapers motto to heart: By and For the Soldiers of the A. E. F. Their artistic styles and approaches were different, but as enlisted men who had been to the front lines, their cartoons resonated with their fellow soldiers reading the Official Newspaper of the American Expeditionary Forces, 1918-1919.