November 11, 2020

Cartoon Collections, Humor

Cartoons: Soldier On

From World War I to Viet Nam, the Post has tried to lift up our soldiers with laughter.

Servicewoman reading a military manual; serviceman reading comics.

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Soldier punching a german kaiser — May 11, 1918
Herbert Johnson

Servicewoman wearing a hat with a flower on it. — “Why, it was like everyone else’s.”
Lundberg
September 13, 1941

Paratroopers — “I wish the boys back at the office could see me now…back at the office.”
December 6, 1941

Sailor with censored tatoos — “It’s the only way they’d let me go ashore.”
George Wolfe
March 28, 1942

Military tents — Ross
April 10, 1943

Battleship shooting back at a boat that insulted it through flag signals — “Good heavens! What do you suppose I said!”
Dave Geraro
April 10, 1943

Servicewoman reading a military manual; serviceman reading comics. — George Wolfe
June 19, 1943

A military couple comments on being in the South Asian Sea — “This is what we always dreamed of, dear, being alone together on a South Sea Island.”
Atkins
July 17, 1943

Two armies meet each other on a narrow mountain road — Chas. Allen
December 4, 1943

Army recruiter speaks to a prospective enlistee — “And every single morning you wake up to music!”
Gardner Rea
December 15, 1951

G.I. keeps messing up a drill — “Let’s go through that drill once more, Coogan!”
Tom Henderson
March 17, 1956

TV crew member asks a military unit to fight for the cameras — “Could you fellows make your counterattack 100 yards to the right? That’s where our TV cameras are set up.”
Don Orehek
March 25, 1967

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November 28, 2020 at 3:25 pm

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November 22, 2020 at 6:32 am

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November 21, 2020 at 10:41 am

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November 21, 2020 at 10:20 am

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November 11, 2020 at 3:40 pm

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