The people who were against the Vietnam War thought I was attacking the Army. The guys in the Army thought I was representing their experiences. I was on both sides, and I survived.

After the war he was posted to Italy where he was in charge of an Italian guard company. It features artwork puzzles editorial cartoons ads and a selection of articles comics and columns syndicated by King Features.

He has signed Addison to some of his strips. Addison Morton Walker (born September 3 1923) popularly known as Mort Walker is an American comic artist best known for creating the newspaper comic strips Beetle Bailey in 1950 and Hi and Lois in 1954.