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Walker, Charles Prewar Life to Enlistment
Charles Walker was born on a farm near Sumner, Georgia. When you live on a farm family, everybody works.
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Walker, Mort A Career in the Funny Papers
The Beetle Bailey strip was heavily influenced by Mort Walker's time in the Army during World War 2 and many of his characters were based on p
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Walker, Mort Early Life
Mort Walker was born in 1923 in El Dorado, Kansas. His father was an architect who built towns in locations where oil deposits were discovered.
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Walker, Mort Getting Out of the Army
One day, Mort Walker heard on the radio that the war was over so he arranged for a train to take all of the Germans, who were by then good friends
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Walker, Mort Guarding POWs and Investigating Crimes
When Mort Walker was in charge of the POW camp [Annotators Note: see segment titled Overseas Duty in Italy] there were a number of escape attempts.
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Walker, Mort Killing is not the Answer
While in Italy, Mort Walker had heard about the holocaust but did not know much about it.
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Walker, Mort Military Training
Mort Walker was just getting going in college when he got his draft notice. Walker thought the Army was a great experience.
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Walker, Mort Overseas Duty in Italy
After completing his training, Mort Walker volunteered for overseas duty because he had heard that once the war was over those with overseas servic
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Walker, Mort Postwar Education and Career
Mort Walker then got on a train and went back to Missouri University. He returned to school to complete his journalism degree.
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Walker, Mort Reflections
Mort Walker's most memorable experience of World War 2 was getting out alive. He served during the war because he was drafted.
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Walker, Mort The Creation of Beetle Bailey
When Mort Walker moved to New York he was the top selling cartoonist in the country. He did a lot with the Saturday Evening Post.
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Walker, Robert Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross
A mission over the road leading out of Remagen [Annotator's Note: Remagen, Germany] proved problematic for Robert Walker.