Comments on: Cartoons: World War II

By: Linda Glantz

Linda Glantz — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 03:52:01 +0000

I am trying to locate a cartoon from post WWII for my cousin about her father. I remember it showed a line of soldiers waiting to be paid. The soldier being paid was receiving a huge stack of bills while a soldier complained another one explained that the soldier M/Sgt David William Sherman Clawson was being paid backpay as he was a liberated POW. He had been an aide to General MacArthur and captured during the Fall of Corrigador (sp?). Is there some way to locate this cartoon for my cousin who is now in her 80′s?

By: Marie Waits

Marie Waits — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 01:25:42 +0000

My heart goes out to all of you who experienced such tragedy and sadness. I hope that you have been able to find some corner of happiness in spite of it all. Thank you for sharing your stories…

By: Dahlia King

Dahlia King — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:00:59 +0000

I was ten years old when Pearl Harbor was bombed…I had a special uncle that
died and his son was sixteen at the time and came to live with us…He was so
lost and he ask my mom if she would sign for him to go into the army..She finally
gave in signed for him…after basic training he was sent to Pearl Harbor..We were all so upset.. all we had was a battery operated radio and when we got
the news about Pearl Harbor my dad took the tractor and went to a country
store to try and call the red cross and check on Truman…late the next day someone from the store came to tell dad that another uncle was calling for
him…dad was told that Truman was safe and we were so relieved.. When
Truman was 61 years of age he had a massive heart attack..Think of him
often but especially on every December 7th.

By: Dr. Don Rhudy

Dr. Don Rhudy — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:01:11 +0000

We had so many family members in Europe and the Pacific we could hardly keep up with them. From 1942 we spent every night in front of the radio trying to learn what was happening. When I learned to read I loved Post war cartoons. Occasionally we got copies of Stars and Stripes. I never knew who sent them to us. I loved Sad Sack and Willie and Joe. As soon as I was old enough I joined the 45th Infantry Division National Guard and shortly went active. The peacetime army was not as funny as the cartoons.

By: Hobert Davis

Hobert Davis — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:31:38 +0000

It was fall of 1943 we watched my brother Calvin B Davis get on a buss to leave to serve in the army. In Febuary 1944 two men in uniform came to our house and told my parents that my brother was missing in action. In April 1944 the princpile came to my room and told me my Dat wanted to see me in the office when I got to the office my Dad was crying and he said two men came and told him that my brother Calvin had been killed in action. that was the sadest day of my life until that day.I was only eight years old,now I am 76 and I still miss him so much.

By: Bob Silvers

Bob Silvers — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:19:35 +0000

I especially appreciate the World War II stuff. I was too young, but I clearly remember my three older brothers going into the Navy. I am very nostalgic about the era.

By: John Aydelotte

John Aydelotte — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:01:02 +0000

Although I was very young when WW2 was fought, I served much later in the Navy. I sympathize very much with the poor sailor getting his “land legs” back. To all those WW2 veterans, my best. I always looked in awe at the men in uniform when I was a kid. Think that might have had something to do with my joining the Navy later.

By: nancy shawkey

nancy shawkey — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:30:47 +0000

Wonderful memories…. thank you

By: Charles Neumann

Charles Neumann — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:03:00 +0000

Very funny.

By: Will B.

Will B. — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 03:11:37 +0000

I like the furnace quip. My dad was a furnace repair man.
I joined the Navy in ’45. Just got back from a WW2 Honor Flight…terrific trip! All Vets should go on one!