"WW2 Cartoons" Topic
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Tango01  | 09 Dec 2024 4:00 p.m. PST |
"Many people have described their wartime experiences in letters home. But very few have chronicled war for the people doing the fighting. Bill Mauldin, World War II's most famous cartoonist, is one of them. In 1943, when he was 21, Mauldin's division shipped overseas to North Africa. Mauldin had been drawing cartoons since he was a boy, and he was quickly assigned to cover the war for the 45th Division News, and then for Stars and Stripes. His cartoons, featuring a scruffy pair of foot soldiers named Willie and Joe, scored an instant hit with the soldiers who saw them. Within two years, Mauldin won fame — and a Pulitzer Prize — for capturing foot soldiers' everyday experiences…"
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| Andrew Walters | 10 Dec 2024 8:51 a.m. PST |
I sought out the book of his collected cartoons years ago and didn't regret it. |
| Choctaw | 10 Dec 2024 10:10 a.m. PST |
If you are ever in Oklahoma City, visit the Oklahoma National Guard Museum. They have a great collection of Mauldin's work. okngmuseum.com/exhibits |
| Frederick | 10 Dec 2024 11:51 a.m. PST |
An amazing artist My personal favourite
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| Tango01 | 10 Dec 2024 3:50 p.m. PST |
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| Cke1st | 11 Dec 2024 6:09 p.m. PST |
The above cartoon won Mauldin the first of his two Pulitzer Prizes. |
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