Bill Mauldin: Bill Mauldin. Writer: Up Front. Bill Mauldin was born in Mountain Park, New Mexico, in 1921, and started drawing young. He took a few courses at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and, in 1940 entered the Army and was assigned as an illustrator for the military's newspaper, The Stars & Stripes. He created two characters for which he will always be remembered: a pair of plain, tired but determined...
Known For: Up Front (Writer), Back at the Front (Writer), The Red Badge of Courage (Tom Wilson - the Loud Soldier), Teresa (Grissom)