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  2. Willie and Joe - Wikipedia

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    Mauldin planned for Willie and Joe to be killed on the last day of combat, but Stars and Stripes staff dissuaded him. He tried to bring them into civilian life, but could not find a successful way to do that. He discusses this in his memoir, Back Home, in 1947. [9] Mauldin occasionally drew new cartoons of "Willie and Joe" after the war.

  3. Gill Fox - Wikipedia

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    A 1941 comic book written by Gill Fox, describing a German attack on Pearl Harbor, was published one month before the real-life Japanese attack on that U.S. naval base. [6] He left his editorial position at Quality in 1943 to serve in World War II, where he worked for Stars and Stripes. Once discharged from military service, Fox freelanced for ...

  4. Bill Mauldin - Wikipedia

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    William Henry Mauldin (/ ˈ m ɔː l d ən /; October 29, 1921 – January 22, 2003) was an American editorial cartoonist who won two Pulitzer Prizes for his work. He was most famous for his World War II cartoons depicting American soldiers, as represented by the archetypal characters Willie and Joe, two weary and bedraggled infantry troopers who stoically endure the difficulties and dangers ...

  5. Stars and Stripes trilogy - Wikipedia

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    Stars and Stripes series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database "A Naval Review"—another criticism of the book, at Ironclads and Blockade Runners Of the American Civil War; Warrior vs Monitor at the Wayback Machine (archived August 25, 2017)—a look at what would have really happened if USS Monitor fought HMS Warrior

  6. Jimmy Cannon - Wikipedia

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    Jimmy Cannon (April 10, 1909 – December 5, 1973) [1] was a sports journalist inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame [2] for his coverage of the sport. Early career [ edit ]

  7. U.S. Government Informational Comics - Wikipedia

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    During World War II private comic book companies displayed their patriotism and support of the war effort through American superheroes. Paralleling the actions by comic book companies, the U.S. government took independent initiatives to create comics in support of the U.S. military.

  8. Yank, the Army Weekly - Wikipedia

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    The idea for the magazine came from Egbert White, who had worked on the newspaper Stars and Stripes during World War I. He proposed the idea to the Army in early 1942, and accepted a commission as lieutenant colonel. White was the overall commander, Major Franklin S. Forsberg was the business manager and Major Hartzell Spence was the first ...

  9. Ernie Pyle - Wikipedia

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    Pyle is described as "the pre-eminent war correspondent of his era," [5] who achieved worldwide fame and readership for his World War II battlefield reports that were published from 1942 to 1945. [4] Present-day war correspondents, World War II veterans, and historians still recognize Pyle's World War II dispatches as "the standard to which ...