Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Bill and Willie and Joe

So Bill Mauldin gets a stamp in his honor this month. It makes me happy. I'd much rather see a stamp for him (and Willie and Joe) than a Disney character.


But the funny thing is that the "official" first day release is not at Ft. Benning- home of the infantry, where you might expect, but at Ft. Jackson. Jackson, which is home to:

U.S. Army Adjutant General Corps Museum
U.S. Army Chaplain Museum
the Basic Training Museum
U.S. Army Finance Corps Museum

(a more chairborne base you may not be able to find).


 

So I just have to say, "beautiful stamp ceremony, is there one for the enlisted men?"

If you don't understand this joke, you don't know his work very well.

(and in fact there is: down in New Mexico where he lived).


 

Now I also must point out one of his kids is selling T shirts with his work on them to raise money for what appears to be a very good charity. A group that coordinates free help for troubled vets from medical professionals. I actually looked into it, and it seems to be a legit shoe string operation. The shirts are high quality, silkscreened, and pretty cheap compared to many.

http://billmauldin.com/


 

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