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"A soldier wood not be serprised to wake up any morning and find himself in sopm part of the world he never heard of."
"A soldier wood not be serprised to wake up any morning and find himself in sopm part of the world he never heard of."

"A soldier wood not be serprised to wake up any morning and find himself in sopm part of the world he never heard of."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1942
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 8 × 5 15/16 in. (20.3 × 15.1 cm) Sheet: 8 × 5 15/16 in. (20.3 × 15.1 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1408
"One belief is that every person is inhabited by a spirit, or ko, which goes travelling while the human body is asleep. If a man should be awakened suddenly - so the belief is- the Ko might not have time to get back into its body and would get even by going around causing trouble. So the people believe a man should be allowed to sleep until he wakes up of his own accord." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to New Caledonia.
"One belief is that every person is inhabited by a spirit, or ko, which goes travelling while the human body is asleep. If a man should be awakened suddenly - so the belief is- the Ko might not have time to get back into its body and would get even by going around causing trouble. So the people believe a man should be allowed to sleep until he wakes up of his own accord." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to New Caledonia.
Alan Dunn
1943
"He says he's come to give himself up."
"He says he's come to give himself up."
Alan Dunn
1942
No Caption (soldier's pin-ups of himself)
No Caption (soldier's pin-ups of himself)
Alan Dunn
1951
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
Alan Dunn
1966
Thus in 1930 - things were getting rough, and due to get rougher. The Era of Mergers stopped short; in their place was to come the 77-B reorganization. There was a loss of industrial mastery; a host of governmental alphabetical agencies would soon confront the business executive with a world he never made. But the technology of a newer era was all this time being slowly and inconspicuously laid down.
Thus in 1930 - things were getting rough, and due to get rougher. The Era of Mergers stopped short; in their place was to come the 77-B reorganization. There was a loss of industrial mastery; a host of governmental alphabetical agencies would soon confront the business executive with a world he never made. But the technology of a newer era was all this time being slowly and inconspicuously laid down.
Alan Dunn
1959
"Never heard of it!"
"Never heard of it!"
Alan Dunn
1962
"...and he has been brought up carefully. I'm sure you will find him responsive to kindness..."
"...and he has been brought up carefully. I'm sure you will find him responsive to kindness..."
Alan Dunn
1941
"He has no faults whatsoever to find with the administration, he approves the conduct of the war without reservations, he likes the OPA and the way they do things, he thinks the WPB and the OWI are O.K., he made out his income tax with no difficulty..."
"He has no faults whatsoever to find with the administration, he approves the conduct of the war without reservations, he likes the OPA and the way they do things, he thinks the WPB and the OWI are O.K., he made out his income tax with no difficulty..."
Alan Dunn
1944
No caption (soldier letting himself into hotel room)
No caption (soldier letting himself into hotel room)
Alan Dunn
1945
"Really, Professor, I'm surprised that with your cultural background you've never heard of a 'special body'."
"Really, Professor, I'm surprised that with your cultural background you've never heard of a 'special body'."
Alan Dunn
1927
"He was all right when he first went to work, but he failed because he imagined himself bigger than the "Louise"."
"He was all right when he first went to work, but he failed because he imagined himself bigger than the "Louise"."
Alan Dunn
1932
"You couldn't find any use for a map of Hartford in 1631, now, could you?"
"You couldn't find any use for a map of Hartford in 1631, now, could you?"
Alan Dunn
1929