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Norman Rockwell
Willie Gillis in Church, 1942
Cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, July 25, 1942
Images portraying soldiers in service to God and country were prevalent during World War II. Here, Rockwell's GI sits solemnly in a church pew surrounded by others in the armed forces. Widely circulated, this and others in the Willie Gillis series appeared as posters in USO clubs at home and abroad, and in public buildings and transportation hubs like railway stations and bus terminals. |