When Donald Duck debuted in Walt Disney's 1934 ... Walt Disney had been making insignia for U.S. and Allied military units since 1933, and continued to do so throughout the war.

In 1933, a Navy Reserve Squadron in New York asked Walt Disney's company to develop an insignia for the military unit. What Disney devised was an image of Mickey Mouse riding a goose, with a Navy ...

During World War II, Disney had its artists draw up roughly 1,200 insignias for the U.S. military, many for Naval units. After Mickey Mouse rode a goose in a patch for a Naval Reserve squadron ...

Disney military insignia, which featured characters ... heft that has no analog in contemporary animation. A Donald Duck insignia boosted morale, not just because it reminded soldiers of home ...

again featuring Donald Duck. It won the Oscar as the best animated ... II Disney artists often used their talents to design military insignia and emblems. For example, in 1942 the Navy asked ...

“Seeing Donald Duck on a tank ... s a photo of a young Walt Disney in 1931 with the very first insignia Disney did for the military, Mickey Mouse atop a goose with the Statue of Liberty in ...

And the animators themselves were employed to make insignia for military units and equipment. "Heil Hitler!" shouts Donald Duck as he raises his right arm in the Nazi salute. On the other arm ...