Booby The Bear Captain John Vassos Childhood Ephemera & Books,Ephemera,Social History,Etc.

A darkly humorous cartoon titled "Booby the Bear", published to remind members of the Air Force to "Obey Camouflage Discipline" and observe "the rules of protective concealment". The story itself follows Booby, a foolish polar bear who does not bother to conceal himself from a big game hunter in a plane. He became the "perfect target" and "BOOM"- "Booby got it". The story closes with a picture of Booby as "a rug in a Trophy room, still with that same self-satisfied and silly smile". Single vol. (6" by 8.75"), pp. [24], illus., stapled in original illus. wrps. with polar bear on front. OCLC - 0 (December 2023). John Vassos (1898-1985) was captain in the Engineering Corps in charge of camouflage for the 3rd Air Force Headquarters, and was, as this book might hint at, an avid hunter. He was promoted to colonel at the conclusion of the war.