European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse A candid conversation we a Corporal who made xxi continued from Page 11 Ter of moan the building would they had enough and told me to go swimming. They had me up forecourts martial once and i Don t think i qualified. They had me interviewed Are courts martial interview or some thing. Hal what had you done Shel i Drew a couple of cartoons that were printed. One showed two women meeting on the Street and one. Of the had a Little kid with her. They w e re two army wives and one of them said to the other my husband works a quartermaster where does your Hus band work and the woman who said this was dressed completely in military clothing and so was her child. The Point being that they got their clothing from the quartermaster depot where Hei Hus band worked. So they had me lip for my courts martial interview and the Guy said that i was saying that the Guys who work for quartermaster steal. And i said i did t say that. I said i would t be so bold As to say something like that. The Guy said Well then what does it mean and i said the wife and the kid Are dressing i style be cause they like the army. The Guy the said Well you mean that the wife and child Are , Gung to arid i said that s right. Arid so he said Well that s pro Anay in t it and i said yes an they gave up on me. F Hal what was the other incident Shel Well the other Cai Tooh was about a Guy who had just come to som Pacific base and was standing in a Muddy area arid this Veteran i who had been there a Long time is saying what do Yogi mean where s the latrine this is the Well they said my cartoon meant that the was a big latrine and the Elf raised quite a fuss. V Hal is it True that you were restricted rank by rank until All you could finally draw were privates Shel i could t draw any. Officers Soi started working on sergeants i nothing against sergeants but that a i could get and i went after them uht finally i was told All i could attack were civilians and animals. But they even made zebras off limits to me because they had stripes. Hal you would say then that the army did you no harm Shel As much As i fought the army while i was Here it was t that the army did me any harm. It did Ine Good taught me things about life and gave me Freedom to create. The army gave me an outlet for my work and it was great for me because of my i know that Are Juhe most exciting work in the world still look Back on their army life As the happiest time of their lives. Hal what Are your views on the hip pies and beatniks who want to get out of military service Shel Well i think that any experience you have is worthwhile. I think that any one who misses military service misses he fit Hon if a Guy getting killed As Lar m military experience goes yes i think the hips red s188 a lot a a of us would miss a lot by not going Down to acid seeing How the hippies live that s an experience Fly i Don t think you la find either Sld is very open minded about the other i did an interview on far East network and talked about this. I think we d know More about each other it we would Stop and talk to each other you really can t attack some Hilt Youdon t know anything about thereto this Guy a to who has a show that come from the states and i listened 8 Swath Page 12 psst. ,. Merry Christmas the stars and stripes about tree topples fax Mccomic strip talk it will be the further est out movie Ever done in America. 8
