Bill Mauldin is alive and well: the reprise.

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Bill Mauldin. He was an infantryman in WWII and a cartoonist. He's considered by some to be the best cartoonist of WWII. He'd been there and done that. I think he's worth remembering. DoD, WWII, Fun? Nuff said.

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"Hey Quaffer"

"Yeah Bones?"

"What say we send the =(e)= up to the Tank to check on that sniper?"


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Awright, awright - it's JohnT! Ya wanna pass in review?

Note for those without military traditions: to pass in review is to line up in formation like in a parade and march past the high command and visiting dignitaries.


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I need a couple guys what don't owe me no money for a little routine patrol.


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Nein, nein — go ahead! I vould not think of interfering..


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Beautiful view! Is there one for the =(e)= s?
 
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When ya hit the water, swish your feet around. They kin use it.


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Yo! Bones, Quaffer.

Yeah Angreifen?

I'm depending on you =(eGO)=s to be a steadying influence for the =(e)=s.



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"Nonsense. S-2 reported that machine gun silenced hours ago.
Stop wiggling your fingers at me."


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I feel like a fugitive from th' law of averages.


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Didn't we meet on Donner?
 
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... forever, Amen. Hit the dirt.


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Some of you may not come back.
A French convoy has been reported on the road.


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Ya don't git combat pay 'cause ya don't fight.


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Able Fox Five to Able Fox. I got a target but ya gotta be patient.


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Why th' hell couldn't you have been born a beautiful woman?
 
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Tell them leaflet people th' krauts ain't got time fer readin' today.


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Don't startle 'im, Joe — it's almost full.


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Tell him to look at th' bright side of things, Willie. His trees is pruned, his ground is plowed up, an' his house is air-conditioned.

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That can't be no combat man. He's lookin fer a fight!


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There is no caption for this cartoon and for some of us there is no need for one. For the youngsters among us I will provide a little background info.

At the beginning of World War II the US army was still using mules to move light field artillery and ammunition. My father was drafted and started as a "mule skinner" before being sent to OCS. It was soon determined that wounding or killing a single mule would disrupt the use of an artillery piece. Internal combustion engines supplanted mule power. At the time the most common way to deal with a wounded mule or horse was to kill it with a pistol round. The dog face in the picture is apparently not used to this newfangled mechanical means of transport.

This cartoon has always been my favorite and it seems to be a good way to wrap up the series.
 
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Quaffer. I love these things. Every single one of them, I remember when I use to have to wait on the next one when you use to post them once every so often.
 
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