After his parents' divorce, Bill and his older brother Sidney moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1937 and attended Phoenix Union High School. Bill's grandfather by way of his father's adoption, for whom Bill was named, had been a civilian scout in the Apache Wars. His father, Sidney Albert Mauldin (né Bissell, but adopted after being orphaned) served as an artilleryman in World War I. Mauldin was born in Mountain Park, New Mexico, into a family with a tradition of military service. However, his second Pulitzer Prize was for a cartoon published in 1958, and possibly his best-known cartoon was after the Kennedy assassination. His cartoons were popular with soldiers throughout Europe, and with civilians in the United States as well. He was most famous for his World War II cartoons depicting American soldiers, as represented by the archetypal characters Willie and Joe, two weary and bedraggled infantry troopers who stoically endure the difficulties and dangers of duty in the field. William Henry Mauldin ( / ˈ m ɔː l d ən/ Octo– January 22, 2003) was an American editorial cartoonist who won two Pulitzer Prizes for his work.
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