Bill Mauldin

William Henry "Bill" Mauldin (October 29, 1921–January 22, 2003) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist of the United States.

Postwar activities

In 1945, at the age of 23, Mauldin won the Pulitzer Prize. The first collection of his work, Up Front, was a best-seller. The cartoons are interwoven with an impassioned telling of his observations of war.

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1945 - Pulitzer Prize

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After WWII he turned to drawing political cartoons expressing a generally civil libertarian view associated with groups such as the ACLU. These were not well received by newspaper editors who were hoping for more apolitical Willie and Joe cartoons. But Mauldin's attempt to carry Willie and Joe into civilian life was also unsuccessful, as documented in his memoir, Back Home in 1947.

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Political cartoons - Civil libertarian - ACLU - 1947

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He abandoned cartooning for a while, writing magazine articles and books, including one on the Korean War. He drew Willie and Joe only twice afterwards, once for the funeral of Omar Bradley and once for the funeral of George C. Marshall, both of them considered "soldiers' generals". (He had wanted to have Willie and Joe be killed on the last day of combat, but Stars and Stripes forbade it.)

Related Topics:
Korean War - Omar Bradley - George C. Marshall

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