Society logo Pearl Harbor attack Julian Reitman Pobie Johnston William Rudman Remagen Bridge Mort Walker

The Stamford Historical Society, May 21, 2006 through June 30, 2007

Pride and Patriotism: Stamford’s Role in World War II

The Interviews


From Mort Walker’s Scrapbook 1945/46

Sketchbook cover

Images © Mort Walker, All Rights Reserved

On the boat to Naples
Overseeing the POWs
GIs’life in Italy
…many peculiar sites to see
Cultural things in Rome
Sightseeing
…there was destruction everywhere
Reminders of Mussolini
The military … and ultimate sacrifices
…and more strange things to see

…and more strange things to see

women gossiping    woman with scarf

familiar scene along the Via Roma

text to the two images below

in the meat market the flies got plenty to eat    the horse cabs sat idle

the paesano brings his wares to town

the paesano brings his wares to town    the paesano brings his wares to town

horse and driver

scene on a country road

siesta

the flower vendor carring his pots

the flower vendor carring his pots

bird which tell your fortune

text

traffic cop  street car

vendor of pots and pans

call of nature


the people looked back and smiled in their tattered clothes

two paesani

country folk

country folk

back to …many peculiar sites to see

next page

MORTWALKER.COM

return to top
return to interview

Images © Mort Walker, All Rights Reserved


Past Exhibits
Home

© Stamford Historical Society

Valid XHTML 1.0!