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Camp Howze Howitzer Comic

Item

Title
Camp Howze Howitzer Comic
Description
Comic illustration depicting a topless African woman looming over U.S. soldiers in a threatening manner.
Date
1944-03-03
Source
Sansone. “The Wolf.” Camp Howze Howitzer, March 3, 1944.
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1407212/.
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History,
crediting Cooke County Library.
Subject
Racism
WWII
World War II
U.S. Army
Camp Howze
Racist comic strip
Racist illustration
Leap Year
Black soldier
white soldier
negro
negro soldier
colored soldier
African woman
misogyny
greatest generation
U.S. military
howitzer