It was about this time that some of the squadron's pilots used Happy Hooligan as an insignia on their planes.

The Puzzle of the Happy Hooligan (1941)

Gloomy Gus was a character in a popular comic strip of the era, Happy Hooligan.

I'm knocked up and happier than Happy Hooligan.

Happy Hooligans complete final sortie in Iraq.

But someone was out there, and the Happy Hooligans were going to find them.

After a few years though, Happy Hooligan became a regular feature with both daily strips and Sunday pages.

Happy Hooligan and his other popular strips were collected in book form and developed into merchandise products.

Everything not directly referenced in the text can be sourced to the Toonopedia entry for Happy Hooligan.

He is considered the "original" Happy Hooligan which was the moniker of 178th.