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<DIV><FONT size=2>Hi everyone,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>One of the other problems with stories taking place in and
around WWII is the use of symbols. I submitted an U$ Antarctica story idea
once which took place around 1937 (if memory serves me correctly). In one
sequence there was a reference to a real historical event where a German
exploration team flew an aircraft over the continent and threw brass swastikas
out the window to claim a large chunk of Antarctica for the 3rd
Reich.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>It was pointed out to me that this was a no go area because
swastikas are illegal in some Disney comic countries (Germany and Israel I
think), and the symbols were just too emotional and political to
use.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>The only way I can see a story taking place during WWII is if
history gets modified somewhat, the countries involved are fictional (like
Brutopia) and the actual fighting is taking place somewhere just over the
horizon in the background.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Didn't Barks do a U$ story in a South East Asian war setting
in what must have been a direct reference to the Vietnam War?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Shaun</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>