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WWII Cartoon Sketchbook – Page 2: Ralph Duzan Pollard (1911–1992)

Artist: ralph d pollard (Penciller)

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Title:	WWII Cartoon Sketchbook – Page 2: Ralph Duzan Pollard (1911–1992)
Artist:	ralph d pollard (Penciller)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	19
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Added to Site:	8/28/2025
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WWII Cartoon Sketchbook & Postwar Career

Master Sergeant Ralph Duzan Pollard (1911–1992)

Medium: Pencil on paper, WWII sketchbook page
Size (approx.): 11" × 14" scrapbook sheet (individual drawings ~4.5" × 6")
Provenance: Estate archive, World War History & Art Museum (Alliance, Ohio).
Artist Background: Ralph D. Pollard was a trained commercial artist (University of Cincinnati, Class of 1934) who served as a Master Sergeant during WWII. His sketchbook captures the humor, frustrations, and self-deprecating wit of daily life in the European Theater of Operations.

Cartoon Analysis – Page 2

Cartoon 3 (Top): "Medical Quota"

Scene: A medic speaks to Pollard, who has bandaged himself. Caption: “I see the blood, Sergeant, and I’m sorry you cut yourself again, but we have orders from Division Headquarters — no more than one Purple Heart a month.”

Meaning: Pollard mocks his own tendency to exaggerate injuries, suggesting he might be collecting Purple Hearts as though they were monthly rations.

Commentary: A sharp satire on both military bureaucracy and the GI habit of embellishing wounds, this cartoon balances gallows humor with an insider’s wink at the absurdities of war recognition.

Cartoon 4 (Bottom): "The Fence"

Scene: Two soldiers labor near an obstacle as Pollard, pipe in mouth, slams into a barbed-wire fence. Caption: “I said when the hell did they build that fence?”

Meaning: Highlights the disorientation and ever-present danger of battlefield terrain, while poking fun at Pollard himself for blundering into obstacles.

Commentary: A classic example of Pollard’s self-deprecation, reinforcing the running theme that even NCOs could stumble, bluster, and become the butt of their own jokes.

📖 Reference: For Pollard’s education, wartime service, and postwar career as Art Director at Procter & Gamble, see the Books & Ephemera Gallery biography.

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