Cartoonist of World War II: Bill Mauldin

Cartoonist of World War II: Bill Mauldin
American GI and cartoonist Bill Mauldin holds a drawing board featuring some of his characters, New York City. Hulton Archive/Getty Images
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Bill Mauldin once said, “Humor is really laughing off a hurt, grinning at misery.”

Few of the 16 million who served during World War II are still living. At least a half-dozen wars have occurred since Japan surrendered in 1945, but some surviving veterans recall details as if they happened yesterday. Among the highlights and horrors of the World War II experience, Bill Mauldin’s cartoons are remembered by many.

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A 30-plus-year writer-journalist, Deena C. Bouknight works from her Western North Carolina mountain cottage and has contributed articles on food culture, travel, people, and more to local, regional, national, and international publications. She has written three novels, including the only historical fiction about the East Coast’s worst earthquake. Her website is DeenaBouknightWriting.com
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