Background
White, Egbert was born on March 7, 1894 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Benjamin Porter and Ina (Miles) White.
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White, Egbert was born on March 7, 1894 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Benjamin Porter and Ina (Miles) White.
Student in public schools.
He had served with the Stars and Stripes newspaper during World War I and between the wars worked in advertising. Within a month after Pearl Harbor, he proposed a magazine by soldiers for soldiers to General Frederick Osborn. This proposal was accepted, and became Yank magazine.
He accepted a commission as Lieutenant Colonel.
White was removed from the Yank staff in 1942 by General Osborn and was ordered overseas to serve with the Stars and Stripes newspaper. He was in charge of the North African/Mediterranean edition of Stars and Stripes from its beginning in December 1942 to mid 1944.
He insisted that this newspaper too should be for the enlisted men not the high command. Bill Mauldin began drawing for the Stars and Stripes while White was in charge of it, and White encouraged Mauldin to accept offers to syndicate his cartoons to United States newspapers, and helped Mauldin find a literary agent.
In mid 1944, he was sent home because he wanted to run excerpts from United States newspapers about the 1944 Presidential campaign in Stars and Stripes, and the army command forbade this.
Served with American Expeditionary Forces, World War I, 2 years. Member Yankee Division Veterans Association, Stars and Stripes Association, American Legion, Anbanathapuram Vahaira Charities. Clubs: Chemists, Overseas Press (New York).
Married Estelle Shepard, July 10, 1919. Children: Marian Estelle, Elizabeth Anne, John Shepard.