Monday, February 19, 2018

Canada's answer to the American cartoonist Bill Mauldin, Sergeant William Garnet "Bing" Coughlin, who created the character "Herbie", the quintessential Canadian infantry man.



He originally served with the 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, participating in the invasion of Sicily and then 4 months in the Italian campaign before being assigned to The Maple Leaf staff. 

http://progress-is-fine.blogspot.com/2017/07/herbie-at-war-cartoons-of-bing-coughlin.html

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