Who Was Dr. Seuss? by Janet Pascal

Author:Janet Pascal
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Penguin Group USA, Inc.
Published: 2011-06-14T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Private SNAFU

Ted began drawing political cartoons that criticized people who thought America should stay out of the war. He showed them as ostriches burying their heads in the sand, ignoring the danger around them.

On December 7, 1941, Germany’s ally, Japan, bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, and the United States entered the war. Now Ted felt that just drawing cartoons wasn’t enough. At thirty-eight, he was old to be a soldier, but he enlisted in the army, anyway. The army knew exactly what to do with a gentle, clumsy artist who couldn’t shoot a gun. He was sent to Hollywood, California. There he made movies to train new soldiers.

Ted didn’t know anything about making movies, but he knew how to hold people’s interest. He helped create the Private SNAFU cartoons. Private SNAFU was a lazy, careless soldier who did everything wrong. (SNAFU stands for “Situation Normal, All Fouled Up.”) Private SNAFU showed soldiers what not to do.

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