This Memorial Day, check out a website devoted to illustrator Gregor Duncan, killed in World War II in 1944. Duncan will be featured in the upcoming issue of Hogan’s Alley and the site offers an abridged version of his bio from that piece along with many splendid examples of his work. Bill Mauldin, the one cartoonist most associated with that era stated the following:

When we remember those we’ve lost to war, we do tend to recall what they did in life but the humbling thing is to think about what they could have done. Think of all the potential that is lost for every single casualty of war. Looking back at the work of Gregor Duncan, that potential shines through just a bit and fosters a quiet sadness. His style of illustration was his alone, his thoughts and opinions his alone. His potential…we’ll never know. War is Hell.

So lift a toast today to the veterans in your own life…and then, if you will, a toast to what might have been had all those many others survived.