![]() ![]() Mauldin received the Legion of Merit for his morale-boosting cartoons. The tired, unshaven and disheveled protagonists poked fun at equipment, orders and officers, inspiring soldiers to find humor in their own situations. After participating in the invasion of Sicily, Mauldin was transferred to Stars and Stripes, where Willie and Joe reached a larger audience. In 1940, Mauldin enlisted in the Arizona National Guard and started drawing cartoons for the 45th Infantry Division’s newspaper. It depicts Willie and Joe, the iconic characters Mauldin created. This was especially true of Bill Mauldin, who drew this cartoon on the 40th anniversary of U.S. Hi, I’m Will Roulett, Director of the National Guard Memorial Museum here in D.C., and this is YOUR Minuteman Minute! Soldiers can find humor in the darkest or most mundane times. Mauldin earned the first of his two Pulitzer Prizes for a WWII comic and before working as an editorial cartoonist until 1991. Average American soldiers related to the disheveled protagonists of his comics, Willie and Joe, who poked fun at equipment, orders and officers. ![]() Bill Mauldin rose to fame during WWII for his morale-boosting cartoons. ![]()
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