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		<title>Mauldin, Bill -- Up Front (1945)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t make the infantryman look noble, because he couldn&#8217;t look noble even if he tried. Still there is a certain nobility and dignity in combat soldiers and medical aid men with dirt in their ears. They are rough and their language gets coarse because they live a life stripped of convention and niceties. Their [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t make the infantryman look noble, because he couldn&#8217;t look noble even if he tried. Still there is a certain nobility and dignity in combat soldiers and medical aid men with dirt in their ears. They are rough and their language gets coarse because they live a life stripped of convention and niceties. Their nobility and dignity come from the way they live unselfishly and risk their lives to help each other.  </p>
<br><b>Bill Mauldin</b> (1921-2003) American editorial cartoonist, writer<br><i>Up Front</i> (1945) 
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