<div dir="ltr"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 3rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:19px;line-height:1.5em;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;color:rgb(68,68,68)">In 1944, Hefner served as an infantry clerk for the US army. </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 3rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:19px;line-height:1.5em;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;color:rgb(68,68,68)">During that time, the keen cartoonist began illustrating for the army newspaper.</p></div>