Phil Kraczkowski was a reclusive sculptor born in Attleboro, MA, United States. Remaining there and actively working and sculpting for the majority of his life (after attending The Rhode Island School of Design for 3 years); Philip Kraczkowski passed on October 10, 1996.
He started his career (approximately 1940) carving caricatures of western figures that were used as photographic models for western magazines.
He sculpted one of the earliest designs for G.I. Joe in the 1960s, as well as won commissions to create a life-size bust of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover and a bust of Gen. Curtis LeMay that is on display at the U.S. Air Force Academy.
References: apnewsarchive.com and Sarasota Herald Tribune, 1996