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In recent years, as Mauldin battled Alzheimer's, thousands of veterans, widows and other well-wishers have sent him letters, offering thanks and stories of survival.

"You have managed to capture the irony, double standards and outright insanity of Army life," one man wrote, "in a way that allows us to laugh at ourselves and our leaders and keep moving forward in the face of adversity."


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

The campaign to recognize him was sparked by veteran Jay Gruenfeld, who spent years wondering what happened to the man who had made him laugh in a foxhole under fire. He sought out Mauldin and then wrote to veterans organizations and contacted newspaper columnists urging people to remember him.

TRIBUTES by cartoonists to cartoonist, BILL MAULDIN






















2 posted on 10/24/2003 3:56:48 AM PDT by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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3 posted on 10/24/2003 3:58:04 AM PDT by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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That post was a masterpiece. Thanks.

I've got a copy of Up Front around here someplace. I suspect it's a first edition.

6 posted on 10/24/2003 4:17:04 AM PDT by snopercod (In memory of FReeper LBGA)
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Great post! Great man!

"They wish to hell they were someplace else, and they wish to hell they would get relief. They wish to hell the mud was dry and they wish to hell their coffee was hot. They want to go home. But they stay in their wet holes and fight, and then they climb out and crawl through minefields and fight some more." - Bill Mauldin, Up Front.

Soldiers, Sailors & Airmen - In Quotes.

67 posted on 10/24/2003 10:51:41 AM PDT by PsyOp ( Citizenship ought to be reserved for those who carry arms. - Aristotle.)
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