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EarnestPutz

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3. First thing that I thought of was this old "Willie and Joe" cartoon from WWII. It was a wartime cartoon series that....

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Tue Jul 23, 2024, 11:53 PM

Jul 2024

.....the GIs loved because it told the folks backs home what their wartime experiences were really like. The cartoons caption (if it doesn't come up) was "Just gimme a couple of aspirin, I already got a purple heart."

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It would never have occurred to trump to play it like, "It's just a scratch. I didn't even go to the doctor." My dad and [View all] brewens Jul 2024 OP

He's a coward and a punk. Eliot Rosewater Jul 2024 #1

Cadet Bonespurs, shot at by one of their own gun humping creations Skittles Jul 2024 #2

First thing that I thought of was this old "Willie and Joe" cartoon from WWII. It was a wartime cartoon series that.... EarnestPutz Jul 2024 #3

Vietnam vets were at least as hard core I might add. n/t brewens Jul 2024 #4

Yep, and even more close-lipped about their wartime service than my Dad's bunch. EarnestPutz Jul 2024 #5

He's a childish punk Dem4life1234 Jul 2024 #6