This one sort of falls through the cracks…

It doesn’t really qualify as a ‘what’s wrong with this picture’ post. It is more of slightly weird slant on history. But I found these photos in the Pentagon archives.

We all remember that picture of Douglas McArthur wading ashore in the Philippines and thereby fulfilling his promise to return…

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The history buffs among you may be aware that he wasn’t happy with the placement of the photographers and the men wading ashore with him on that first set of pictures.Β  So he had all the guys march back into the surf and restaged the whole thing…

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Well now we know the real reason for this reenactment. He had just forgotten to change into his good swim trunks.

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18 Responses to This one sort of falls through the cracks…

  1. Shards Of DuBois's avatar Shards Of DuBois says:

    the real Gomer Pyle!!! you gomer! πŸ˜›

  2. Eli's Mommy's avatar addercatter says:

    I don’t know why he changed them… the second pair make him look fatter…

  3. 1jaded1's avatar 1jaded1 says:

    There is one in every crowd…funny.

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