Showing posts with label World War II. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World War II. Show all posts
06 June 2012
11 November 2011
Charlie Brown And Bill Mauldin On Veteran's Day
The 45th Infantry Division Museum in Oklahoma City has a Bill Mauldin exhibit. Included was Charles Schultz's original Charlie Brown Veteran's Day cartoon published on November 11, 1980, that incorporated Bill Mauldin's name in the cartoon strip.
Bill Mauldin was a member of the 45th Infantry Division who became a cartoonist for the 45th Division News. His work was published in Stars and Stripes, culminating in a Pulitzer Prize for his work.
Bill Mauldin was a member of the 45th Infantry Division who became a cartoonist for the 45th Division News. His work was published in Stars and Stripes, culminating in a Pulitzer Prize for his work.
07 May 2011
LAST SHOT
Monument at Fort Benning, Georgia:
LAST SHOT
WORLD WAR II - EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS
97TH INFANTRY DIVISION
Fired By PFC Domenic Mozzetta, Company "B,", 387 Regiment
At Approximately 21:30 Hours, 7 May 1845, At Klenovice, Near Pilsen, Czechoslovakia
Ending The European Phase Of The Greatest War In The History Of Mankind
"...And They Laid Down Their Arms And Peace Was In The Land."
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