When you go to Disneyland, you can always see Donald Duck, and we know that Walt Disney founded Disney Company, and he was inspired by Clarence Nash, who likes to imitate animal sounds, so he created Donald Duck, and Clarence Nash served as the voice of Donald Duck for more than 50 years.
The image of Donald Duck today is known as the "father of Donald Duck", Carl Bacchus perfected, and the previous Donald Duck has a great change in appearance and personality, and what you don't know is that the well-known Donald Duck served in the US army for 42 years, and Donald Duck also participated in World War II, and also made great military achievements.
In 1934, Donald Duck first appeared in the Animated Short Film "Clever Little Hen" produced by Disney, when it was only a small supporting role, but in the seven years from 1935 to 1942, Carl Bacchus created a number of cartoon short stories related to Donald Duck, such as "Donald Duck's Nephew" and "Donald Duck's Cousin Gus".
As for how Donald Duck served in the U.S. Army for 42 years? On September 10, 1939, Canada declared war on Germany, when the Disney Company cooperated with the Canadian government to produce a promo for Canada to participate in the war, Donald Duck first "contacted" the war, and Disney became an important propaganda unit for World War II.
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the U.S. military entered the battlefield of World War II, Disney produced a series of World War II-themed promotional animation shorts, such as "Donald Duck from the Army", the image of Donald Duck is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and has a great influence in the United States.
In The New Spirit, the animated film starring Donald Duck, the necessity of imposing a war tax was well explained to the American people, and it took only 4 weeks for American taxpayers to accept the law.
However, the most famous is "The Face of the Führer", in this animation, Donald Duck dreamed of becoming a slave under the Nazi rule in Germany, getting up early every day to work in the dark, obeying various orders, and constantly saluting Hitler's photos, which made Donald Duck very broken, and finally broke out, and then he woke up from the nightmare.
In 1942, the animation won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, and the U.S. Army said that Donald Duck officially entered the "service" of the U.S. Military, and Donald Duck also served as the mascot of the U.S. Air Force. For many years after the end of World War II, Disney did not account for it.
But people always remember Donald Duck and think that it needs a formal retirement, so in 1984, the 50th anniversary celebration of Donald Duck's birth, Disney invited the US War Department to announce Donald Duck's official "retirement".