Since that time, Patton had periodically complained to Gen. Star and Stripes cartoon by Bill Mauldinīut that didn’t mean Patton had given up the fight. Patton by mocking his requirements for parade ground order even in the midst of combat operations. Stars and Stripes cartoonist Bill Mauldin was unafraid of lampooning anything or anyone in his Willie and Joe cartoons. Middleton, who knew how to handle his mercurial boss, said he would … provided Patton put the order in writing. An incensed Patton demanded that its commander, Maj. Mauldin’s characters had been a bone of contention for Patton since 1943, when Mauldin, then a member of the 45 th Division in Patton’s Seventh Army, drew them for the division newspaper during the Sicilian campaign. Patton, Jr.įor the spit-and-polish Patton, Mauldin’s unshaven and unkempt fictional G.I.s that were a regular feature in Stars and Stripes and several newspapers in the United States, were “a disgrace” that subverted discipline.įor the spit-and-polish Patton, Mauldin’s unshaven and unkempt fictional G.I.s that were a regular feature in Stars and Stripes and several newspapers in the United States, were “a disgrace” that subverted discipline. Bill Mauldin was famous, and his creations, the G.I.s Willie and Joe, were popular with troops throughout the European Theater of Operations – with one singular and vocal exception: Lt. By 1945, Stars and Stripes cartoonist Sgt.
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