I have a message for you here somewhere, sir, from field headquarters."

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I have a message for you here somewhere, sir, from field headquarters."

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1943

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink

DimensionsObject: 9 × 10 13/16 in. (22.8 × 27.5 cm) Sheet: 9 × 10 13/16 in. (22.8 × 27.5 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.1916

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"That is the official message, sir, but wait - you don't know the half of it!"

"That is the official message, sir, but wait - you don't know the half of it!"

Alan Dunn

1944

"I tried to commission him in the field as you ordered sir, but he wants to know what about base pay, rental and..."

"I tried to commission him in the field as you ordered sir, but he wants to know what about base pay, rental and..."

Alan Dunn

1944

"Here's the latest dope. I just had a call from R.B. We're to rewrite the script, placing the action in Siam. It seems we have some blocked ticals there."

"Here's the latest dope. I just had a call from R.B. We're to rewrite the script, placing the action in Siam. It seems we have some blocked ticals there."

Alan Dunn

1950

"I was beginning to think you didn't get my message."

"I was beginning to think you didn't get my message."

Alan Dunn

1945

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Jacques Lowe

1960

His Excellency General Baron Kuroki at headquarters in Manchuria

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"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."

"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."

Alan Dunn

1948

"Sir, I think Corporal Smith here has a suggestion which might facilitate our retreat."

"Sir, I think Corporal Smith here has a suggestion which might facilitate our retreat."

Alan Dunn

1940

"Then, somewhere between here and Bar Harbor, Lionel lost his lustre. "

"Then, somewhere between here and Bar Harbor, Lionel lost his lustre. "

Alan Dunn

1936

No caption (businessmen using semaphore to transmit messages from one bulding to another.)

No caption (businessmen using semaphore to transmit messages from one bulding to another.)

Alan Dunn

1969

"My text this morning is taken from Paragraph 15 of the President's message in regard to Sunday driving."

"My text this morning is taken from Paragraph 15 of the President's message in regard to Sunday driving."

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1973

"May I show you our nine points of superiority, sir?"

"May I show you our nine points of superiority, sir?"

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1930

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