One day during the 1990s, I was called to jury duty and had found a spot in the waiting room to await my turn, when I heard a familiar voice call my name.

It was Charles Schulz.

I was surprised and impressed that the world-famous cartoonist showed up for jury duty. Surely, if anyone could have gotten out of it, it was Charles Schulz. Evidently, he didn’t try.

He invited me to join his conversation with some other prospective jurors. He was talking about his days as a foot soldier in France during World War II.

Schulz served there with the U.S. Army from February to September, 1945, the year following the Allied Forces invasion of Normandy.

He considered D-Day ” June 6, 1944 ” one of the most significant events of the 20th century, and commemorated the invasion in a series of “Peanuts” comic strips published between 1993 and 1998.

Those original strips, along with Schulz’s army jacket, letters he sent home from the front and other memorabilia, are on display in the new exhibit “To Remember: Charles Schulz Commemorates D-Day” at the Schulz Museum.

The details: 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekends; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays, through Oct. 12. Reception 1:30-3:30 p.m. June 5. Free on June 6; $5-$8 other days. 579-4452, schulzmuseum.org.

By the way, neither of us served on the jury that time. The defendant bargained a plea.