From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia William Henry Bill Mauldin October 29 1921 January 22 2003 was a twotime Pulitzer Prizewinning editorial cartoonist from the United States 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 These cartoons were broadly published and distributed in the American army abroad and in the United States Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Mauldin licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia