[Beetle Bailey Fort Wolters Cartoon]

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Cartoon depicting a sign held in the air by helicopters at the upper corners and dangling soldiers in the lower corners; it says "11th Anniversary Primary Helicopter School." Sergent Snorkel is leaning out of the helicopter on the left to say "Come on Beetle! You're letting your end sag!" A note at the bottom says "With best wishes to all the gang at Fort Wolters - Mort Walker."

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1 art original ; 28 x 22 cm.

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Walker, Mort 1967.

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Cartoon depicting a sign held in the air by helicopters at the upper corners and dangling soldiers in the lower corners; it says "11th Anniversary Primary Helicopter School." Sergent Snorkel is leaning out of the helicopter on the left to say "Come on Beetle! You're letting your end sag!" A note at the bottom says "With best wishes to all the gang at Fort Wolters - Mort Walker."

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1 art original ; 28 x 22 cm.

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[Letter from Mort Walker to Major William D. Phillips, September 1, 1967] (Letter)

[Letter from Mort Walker to Major William D. Phillips, September 1, 1967]

Letter from Mort Walker (author of the Beetle Bailey comics) to Major William D. Phillips, congratulating him on the U.S. Army Primary Helicopter Center's 11th anniversary. On the back of the letter is a stamp giving the Boyce-Ditto Public Library's address. There are cartoon characters all along the bottom of the letter.

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[Letter from Mort Walker to Major William D. Phillips, September 1, 1967], BDPL_11Binder-49, ark:/67531/metapth823334

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  • 1967

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Walker, Mort. [Beetle Bailey Fort Wolters Cartoon], artwork, 1967; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth823457/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boyce Ditto Public Library.

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