BILL MAULDIN, SOLDIER CARTOONIST, STORMS SICILY BEACH
Near Scoglitti, Sicily, Italy • July 10, 1943 On this date 21-year-old Oklahoma national guardsman Bill Mauldin landed on the southwest coast of Sicily with K Company, 180th Infantry Regiment, 45th Division as part of Operation Husky (July 9/10 to August 17, 1943). Mauldin is less known for his 3‑year service in World War II than for his cartoon…