Americans in Iraq in WWII

Came across this braniac posting that a book written in 1943, “Instructions for American Servicemen in Iraq during World War II,” has been re-issued. Among the great pieces of advice: don’t refuse a second cup of coffee, or the third. But it is customary to refuse the fourth. I had no idea that the Americans were present in Iraq in the WWII. Truly, WWII was as www as anything we might find on the net.