Bill Mauldin's Legacy with Jim Lange Editorial Cartoon in Honor of Mauldin

The Daily Oklahoman ^ | 23 January 2003 | Oklahoman Editorial Page Editor

[PhiKapMom]

Jim Lange Editorial Cartoons

[PhiKapMom]

Thought you would enjoy this!

[PhiKapMom]

Thought you would enjoy this tribute to a WWII legend!

[hoosiermama]

Good post, thanks!

[Fiddlstix]

Thank you for posting this
A beautiful tribute
Rest In Peace, Bill
(Ya Done Good)

[PhiKapMom]

I can remember how much my Dad who was in WWII loved his work and thought this tribute when I read it this morning should be shared with Freepers!

[PhiKapMom]

Thanks for your comments!

[Crowcreek]

Bill Mauldin's cartoons have warmed a lot of hearts over the years -- God bless him.

[ex-snook]

Good one. Thanks.

[Alex Murphy]

I've long appreciated Bill's work, and that tribute cartoon was an excellent endcap to his work. Thanks for posting this.

[VOA]

What I learned with the memorial articles is that Mauldin pinned the famous sketch/cartoon
of a distraught Lincoln (seated in the Lincoln Memorial chair) in response to JFK's assassination.

Some folks have reminded us that Mauldin veered a bit left-of-center on a number of
issues after WWII...but at least he earned his right to be wrong on some issues
(not like our softies in Hollyweird and today's media).

I can't remember the title, but I did read his book that was a general odyssey of training
and his time in the European Theater during WWII.

I got a chuckle out of his observations on the "education gap" for some of his
fellow soldiers...such as the college-educated Native Americans who often quoted Shakespeare,
in contrast to the poor "redneck" rural whites in the ranks.

[ex-snook]

One of Bill's
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"Th' hell with it, sir. Let's go back to the front."

[bandleader]

General Patton(apparently)got a little"bent out of shape"with Mauldin and had him come to his HQ for a discussion.Mauldin wrote a recollection of this"Audience"some years back.He did NOT like Patton at all!!I'm afraid that the feeling was mutual!!!!

[LiteKeeper]

Grateful bump!

[PhiKapMom]

That's funny -- have met some of those red-necked whites!

[PhiKapMom]

Thanks for the cartoon -- that was great!

[PhiKapMom]

Jim Lange does a great job with his editorial cartoons in our paper! Thought this was one of his best!

[deport]

Bill Mauldin
(click name for more info)

[SAMWolf]

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

[PhiKapMom]

Thanks much!