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"I cud not understand why the doctors made so much fuss about my teeth but it is all clear now since I got some of the beef the army uses in beef stew."
"I cud not understand why the doctors made so much fuss about my teeth but it is all clear now since I got some of the beef the army uses in beef stew."

"I cud not understand why the doctors made so much fuss about my teeth but it is all clear now since I got some of the beef the army uses in beef stew."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1941
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 7 1/2 × 6 5/16 in. (19 × 16.1 cm) Sheet: 7 1/2 × 6 5/16 in. (19 × 16.1 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1412
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"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
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"I got syko-animalized again the other day in one of them army tests and I flunk on so many questions I bet it cost the army a thousand sets of encyclopedias."
Alan Dunn
1941
"The doctor says it's wonderful the way I hold on to my teeth."
"The doctor says it's wonderful the way I hold on to my teeth."
Mary Petty
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Vietnam Troops On Patrol: A Republic of Vietnam Army commander uses a portable radio to keep in contact with his unit outside the village. The unit is constantly on patrol to hunt down Viet Cong rebels
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"...and don't believe that stuff about this being a machine war as I have never seen so much walking done in peace or war."
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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..."
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1948
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Alan Dunn
1943
"The way I understand it, it means that now we can plant all the wheat we want."
"The way I understand it, it means that now we can plant all the wheat we want."
Alan Dunn
1963
Beef
Beef
Walt Kuhn
1948
Beef - No. 2
Beef - No. 2
Walt Kuhn
1948