Beetle Bailey, 2/7/25

Unfortunately, Beetle's little prank happened to fall on the morning when the coalition of America's enemies finally launched their long-planned invasion. With Camp Swampy's main NCO out of commission until hours after the alarm was raised, and its commanding general blind drunk, the 13th Infantry Division was undermanned, unprepared, and unable to hold the left flank during the decisive Battle of Hurleysburg. Sarge never did forgive Beetle, but they were kept in different internment camps -- Beetle and Killer had predictably gotten separated from the rest of the company during the chaos and were captured miles away from the main battle front -- and never saw each other again before Beetle died of dysentery two years later.

The Phantom, 2/7/25