Wartime Cartoons and Comics

"... and so, gentlemen, I have to report that, despite the not inconsiderable complications and burdens presented by the war, the income of the North American Broadcasting Company showed a net increase of two per cent."

"I have the first sergeant's permission to speak to the commanding officer. I am in love with your daughter, sir, and would like to marry her."

"I'd like something nice for my boy at Fort Dix."

"And look, Papa, he shaves."

"Of course, you'll have to be on the qui vive during the blackouts."

"Well, good luck, Herman!"

"This is the brother I told you guys about."

"What's the matter with this place? Don't they know there's a war on?"

"I feel an intense pride, Robert, that I live in a country rich enough to have war and peace at the same time."

"We're slipping you this decoration, K-43, in recognition of your distinguished service in military intelligence."

"I know we just met, but all I got is a twenty-four-hour pass!"

"I hate to sound like a sergeant, Ralph, but it's ten minutes to six."

"Then he said that people are supposed to forget conventions in times like these."

"And a hef pond good sirloin for my boy, Sergeant Koppleman."

"The most wonderful thing is it meets every government regulation and requirement."

"Mrs. Barnes is to have a complete head-to-toe – she's to be the victim in a bandage-instruction class."

"She would fall into a soft spot."

"Can they really make a Yale man a private?"

Army Leader: 'We have ways of making you Torque.'

"Er – may you?

"War is hell...but peace is hell for the defense budget."

Children and war

"Are you two trying to play the imitation game?"

Messages on bombs say: 'Eat this!', 'In your face', 'Hello hope this finds you well ...'

'General, You look pale this morning...' - 'I had a nightmare Admiral! I dreamed the war began!'