A soldier's life revolves around his mail. Like many others, I've been able to follow my kid's progress from the day he was born until now he is able to walk and talk a little, and although I have never seen him I know him very well.

44) postage stamp in Mauldin's honor depicting him with Willie & Joe. )
Those officers who had served in the army before the war were generally offended by Mauldin who parodied the spit-shine and obedience-to-order-without-question view that was more easily maintained during that time of peace. In 1962 he moved to the Chicago Sun-Times.

William Henry "Bill" Mauldin (October 29 1921 – January 22 2003) was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist from the United States. He was most famous for his World War II cartoons depicting American soldiers as represented by the archetypal characters "Willie and Joe" two weary and bedraggled infantry troopers who stoically endure the difficulties and dangers of duty in the field.