Subdeacon Joe Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 https://scontent.fsnc1-5.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17523112_824240701047300_8896229570079407314_n.jpg?oh=85f6af447bce3c6c0d3df539f13a8241&oe=5954BC93 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 My father-in-law, James Bullock, was in Patton's 3rd Army. James had a high opinion of LTG Patton. "General Patton was a tough son-of-a-bitch, but he knew how to fight a war." --James Bullock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Why would having the windshield up be a bad thing? Would the "trousers down" be "not bloused" (I don't believe they was saggin' back then)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 That particular cartoon got Bill Mauldin in some serious trouble with Patton. If Ike hadn't intervened, Patton probably would have jailed him over it (he threatened to do so and also threatened to ban Stars and Stripes from his command). His (Mauldin's) memoir, 'The Brass Ring', is a good read. The windshield thing was Patton being Patton. It was regulations and that was the way it had to be done. Sort of like how he expected all troops to be clean shaven at all times- including combat. Of course, that windshield regulation didn't apply to Patton's personal jeep. It had a set of air horns mounted on the hood, so the windshield couldn't be lowered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Wille (jeep driver) is saying something, but caption is missing. Wonder what it said? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted April 5, 2017 Author Share Posted April 5, 2017 16 minutes ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: Wille (jeep driver) is saying something, but caption is missing. Wonder what it said? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted April 5, 2017 Author Share Posted April 5, 2017 There is a good gallery here: https://www.stripes.com/news/mauldin-s-willie-and-joe-have-enduring-appeal-1.255897#.WOReFvnyvRY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 thanks Joe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 I have a book of his work. Much of it I found still relevant to today's Army (or at least the Army of five years ago) I also have a modeling magazine showing dioramas done by a very talented modeler, bringing the comics to 3D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Mauldin's "Up Front With Willy and Joe" is a classic! The captions on a couple of his cartoons are my favorites: "It ain't the bullet with my name on it that concerns me. It's the one marked 'To Whom it May Concern' that worries me!" The other shows a lieutenant standing holding his helmet with his finger sticking through it. He is in front of a major seated at a desk. The major says, "Nonsense! That machine gun was reported knocked out hours ago. And stop wiggling your finger at me!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 2 minutes ago, Trailrider #896 said: Mauldin's "Up Front With Willy and Joe" is a classic! The captions on a couple of his cartoons are my favorites: "It ain't the bullet with my name on it that concerns me. It's the one marked 'To Whom it May Concern' that worries me!" The other shows a lieutenant standing holding his helmet with his finger sticking through it. He is in front of a major seated at a desk. The major says, "Nonsense! That machine gun was reported knocked out hours ago. And stop wiggling your finger at me!" But his post war book Back Home was kind of a flop. Servicemen understood it but most civilians didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 30 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: But his post war book Back Home was kind of a flop. Servicemen understood it but most civilians didn't. That is still true. Put a group of civilians in a waiting room and they'll all stare at their phones or the walls. Put a couple of veterans that have never met in the same room and they talk to one another. May never say anything meaning full or earth shattering but they will talk about something. One thing the military imparted on us is that no matter where you are a stranger is just a friend you have yet to meet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAYOBARD SASS #13025L Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 I have the complete collection of Willie and Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 2 hours ago, MAYOBARD SASS #13025L said: I have the complete collection of Willie and Joe. Forty has that with the original copies of Stars and Stripes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okiepan Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 There is a great Bill Mauldin collection of his awesome artwork at the 45th Infantry Division Museum in Oklahoma City . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 On 4/4/2017 at 8:35 PM, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: But his post war book Back Home was kind of a flop. Servicemen understood it but most civilians didn't. No surprise there, Forty. Two different worlds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 I picked up a 1946 hardback copy of Up Front at a library sale in Layton, Utah for two bits in 1970 and a 1947 hardback edition of back home at a used book store in Pomona, California for a buck. Two of my favorite treasures... and Charlie, I have a dozen or so issues of Stars and Stripes from the war years that my dad gave me when I was commissioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 On 4/5/2017 at 6:35 AM, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: But his post war book Back Home was kind of a flop. Servicemen understood it but most civilians didn't. He didn't write it, was killed in the Pacific theater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Top Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Marshal Mo, I believe you have your author confused. Ernie Pyle was killed in the Pacific Theater. Bill Mauldin survived the war and was a pulziter prize winner for cartoons, he passed away a few years ago. Old Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 1 hour ago, Old Top said: Marshal Mo, I believe you have your author confused. Ernie Pyle was killed in the Pacific Theater. Bill Mauldin survived the war and was a pulziter prize winner for cartoons, he passed away a few years ago. Old Top ahhhhh, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Old Man Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 I'm a Viet Nam vet, but have heard of both of them.Just started reading Ernie Pyles "Her is Your War. Not even sure where the book came from. It's been wet somewhere, but still in decent shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 23 hours ago, Old Top said: Marshal Mo, I believe you have your author confused. Ernie Pyle was killed in the Pacific Theater. Bill Mauldin survived the war and was a pulziter prize winner for cartoons, he passed away a few years ago. Old Top Ernie Pyle was killed on Ia Shima, a small island NW of Okinawa. We visited the site when we were stationed there. Pyle was noted for sending letters via his column to families of service personnel that he met in war zones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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