Today’s post comes from National Archives Office of Strategy and Communications staff writer Rob Crotty.
Let’s hope that our winning captioner John is wrong, because if this was a grand military body odor experiment, this world would smell awful.
The actual caption is just as unsettling, however. These two marines are enjoying themselves after a nearby atomic blast. As the caption reads: “The atomic cloud formed by the detonation seems close enough to touch, and tension gone, Poth and Wilson do a little clowning for the camera.” Click the photo for the full scoop.
Are you interested in winning 30% off at our National Archives eStore? Then join us each week as we take a photo out of context from our holdings and ask you to provide the funniest caption for it. If you win, you’ll get 30% off at the eStore (where Prologue is sold, by the way!)
Here’s this week’s photo. Good luck!
“Attack of the Killer Sausages”
Somehow the men did not suspect that their Betty Grable float for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade would not pass muster with the morality committee.
“OMG!! behind you!! its SAUSAGE!!!!! ahhhh!!”
Unbeknownst to the townsfolk, the sandworms were approaching…
I told you the officers were full of “hot air”.
Large whoopie cushions get revenge!
The “Secret Weapons”…Pancho Villa will flee all the way to Antartica!
The Leaning Towers Of Peoria
Team Diligent Dirigibles
Prehistory for fringe fans.
“New Army Dirigibles give Doughboy Morale a Lift”
The experimental military version of windsock decorations proved too unwieldy for front-yard residential use. The “santa on a motorcylce” photos taken later this same day are still considered classified.
Scene of the best water balloon prank ever!
Experiments in developing a drug to combat erectile dysfunction were just the beginning.
A courageous effort, the US Army’s first attempt to ‘create’ a bra for WAC[s] was deemed unsuccessful.