Mauldin, Bill, 1921-2003

Bill G. Mauldin was from Arkadelphia, Arkansas. He was a lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force in the late 1960s and was stationed at White Sands Missle Range, New Mexico. Clark County records show that he married Janet C. Felling in 1966.

From the description of Bill Mauldin letters, 1965-1966. (Ouachita Baptist University). WorldCat record id: 741328734

Cartoonist. Full name: William Henry Mauldin.

From the description of Papers of Bill Mauldin, 1941-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71061604

Biographical Note

• 1921, Oct. 29: Born, Mountain Park, N. Mex.
• 1939: Studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, Chicago, Ill.
• 1940 - 1945 : Served with United States Army
• 1941: Published Star Spangled Banner. San Antonio, Tex.: Universal Press
• 1942: Married Norma Jean Humphries (divorced 1946)
• 1943: Published Sicily Sketch Book. Palermo
• 1944: Published Mud. Mules, and Mountains. [Naples, Italy]
• 1945: Published This Damn Tree Leaks [Naples, Italy?] Published Up Front. New York: H. Holt Awarded Pulitzer Prize for cartoon
• 1947: Married Natalie Sarah Evans (died 1971) Published Back Home. New York: W. Sloan Associates
• 1949: Published A Sort of a Saga. New York: Sloane Associates
• 1950: Acted in the movies "Teresa" and "The Red Badge of Courage"
• 1951: Published Bill Mauldin's Army. New York: Sloane
• 1952: Published Bill Mauldin in Korea. New York: W. W. Norton
• 1956: Ran unsuccessfully for Congress from New York
• 1958 - 1962 : Editorial cartoonist, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• 1959: Awarded Pulitzer Prize for cartoon
• 1961: Published What's Got Your Back Up? New York: Harper
• 1962 - 1991 : Editorial cartoonist, Chicago Sun-Times
• 1965: Published I've Decided I Want My Seat Back. New York: Harper & Row
• 1971: Published The Brass Ring. New York: W. W. Norton
• 1972: Married Christine Lund
• 2003, Jan. 22: Died, Newport Beach, Calif.

From the guide to the Bill Mauldin Papers, 1941-1970, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)