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











the real Gomer Pyle!!! you gomer! π
Surprise, surprise!
I don’t know why he changed them… the second pair make him look fatter…
The camera adds 15 pounds… and the war added even more…
I was thinking more along the lines of the patterns… but okay!
That is top secret camouflage designed to distract Japanese midget submarines…
Thank goodness! I was starting to worry about his fashion sense…
The Army doesn’t really let you have that.
Maybe that’s what’s wrong with our country…
Don’t ask… don’t tell…
There is one in every crowd…funny.
Or a crowd in every one…
You’re such a goof!
He has better legs than I would have suspected…
lol
rrrrrrrrrrr
heee hee
much better.