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Disney Goes to War
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 6:30 am
by xl_target
Many of us here are fans of WW2 trivia and history. We've all seen the Flying Tigers logo and know that the Disney Studios created them. What I didn't realize is the sheer number of logos that Disney created for American units in WW2
image from HERE
During World War II, Disney had its artists draw up roughly 3,000 insignias for the U.S. military, many for Naval units. After Disney’s first request to create an insignia for a Naval Reserve squadron stationed at Floyd Bennett Field in New York, the illustrations became illustrious among units and inspired Naval artists to recreate the magic, designing their own logos in the Disney style.
Their popularity can be attributed to their humorous quality, which gave sailors a sense of nostalgia rather than being typically military logos.
“As incongruous as Disney characters are to the horrors of war, these cartoon military patches embodied pop culture, innocence, American values, and everything the troops loved about home—a much more fitting emblem than a heraldic pompous symbol with no sentimental significance,” the website @issue wrote.
Disney had to dedicate five artists to the task on a full-time basis because of the volume of requests by units for logos, according to @issue.
Almost every Disney character was used in the project— except Bambi. By far the most requested figure was Donald Duck.
http://news.usni.org/2013/07/31/disney- ... rld-war-ii
image from HERE
Re: Disney Goes to War
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 11:00 am
by TC
Great post XL.... thank you
TC
Re: Disney Goes to War
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 11:06 am
by brihacharan
The American culture - well how does one describe it
Mickey Mouse, Tom & Jerry, Coke, Hamburger, Rock n Roll, Rap. Regge & finally the Simpsons...
BTW - Who is an American - Irish, Scot, Welsh, Italian, German, French, Chinese, Indian, Czech, Pole, Armenian, Spanish
Nevertheless - Viva America
Briha
Re: Disney Goes to War
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 11:23 pm
by xl_target
brihacharan wrote:The American culture - well how does one describe it
Mickey Mouse, Tom & Jerry, Coke, Hamburger, Rock n Roll, Rap. Regge & finally the Simpsons...
BTW - Who is an American - Irish, Scot, Welsh, Italian, German, French, Chinese, Indian, Czech, Pole, Armenian, Spanish
Nevertheless - Viva America
Briha
Don't forget that all important document; the Second Amendment to the US Constitution.
That little thing changed the outlook of an entire population. It allowed them to brave the unknown as they moved westward to populate a continent.
It allowed them generations of "Riflemen" to combat their country's enemies (sadly those skills are being lost today).
Re: Disney Goes to War
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 11:49 am
by essdee1972
Don't forget that all important document; the Second Amendment to the US Constitution.
Serves as an inspiration to all of us!!
Re: Disney Goes to War
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 12:04 pm
by brihacharan
xl_target wrote:brihacharan wrote:
The American culture - well how does one describe it
Mickey Mouse, Tom & Jerry, Coke, Hamburger, Rock n Roll, Rap. Regge & finally the Simpsons...
BTW - Who is an American - Irish, Scot, Welsh, Italian, German, French, Chinese, Indian, Czech, Pole, Armenian, Spanish
Nevertheless - Viva America
Briha
Don't forget that all important document; the Second Amendment to the US Constitution.
That little thing changed the outlook of an entire population. It allowed them to brave the unknown as they moved westward to populate a continent.
It allowed them generations of "Riflemen" to combat their country's enemies
(sadly those skills are being lost today).
Briha