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Old 19th Mar 2018, 16:17
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Apologies been away with work today. In that case I nominate C52 for the clever Trojan Horse reference
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Old 19th Mar 2018, 16:28
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Thank god for that, I can go at last to the toilet

(comment and a caption? for later)
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Old 19th Mar 2018, 20:38
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Thank you. I had a photo in mind; if anyone can find a larger version, be my guest. It comes from the US Library of Congress.

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Old 19th Mar 2018, 20:53
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"It's confirmed, drill sergeants actually do grow on trees!"
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Old 19th Mar 2018, 20:57
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"I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK..."
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Old 19th Mar 2018, 21:02
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The result of a mouse being discovered in an RAF Regiment barracks!
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Old 19th Mar 2018, 21:02
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So you see Captain Blackadder, there are more convincing ways of feigning madness than stuffing a couple pencils up your nose...
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Old 19th Mar 2018, 22:11
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It's fun to stay at the Y...M...C...A....
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Old 19th Mar 2018, 22:21
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Early trials for this: https://www.google.com.au/imgres?img...HvOjW88veCILpM
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Old 19th Mar 2018, 22:22
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"Anyone stuck a dollar bill in your garter yet?"

"Nope!"

"Me neither!"
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Old 20th Mar 2018, 03:47
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The Special Branch.
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Old 20th Mar 2018, 03:50
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Right Son now, do you see where you went wrong?
Yes Sarge. I planned the Autumn ambush in Summer.
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Old 20th Mar 2018, 07:44
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"Nope, it wasn't a misprint - we did all sign a leaf pass!"
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Old 20th Mar 2018, 08:10
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C52. This is an un-cropped version...



Telephone electricians training at the University of Michigan around 1918. (U.S. National Archives)
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Old 20th Mar 2018, 08:11
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Keep trying Lads! One of them must be Tree Beard!!!
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Old 20th Mar 2018, 08:28
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Thanks, Buster.
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Old 20th Mar 2018, 08:29
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As well as being late, the US Army had failed to grasp the essential principles of trench warfare.
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Old 20th Mar 2018, 08:43
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East German border guards look wistfully over the wall
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Old 20th Mar 2018, 08:44
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Marilyn Monroe sunbathing in the privacy of her garden realises the Army have moved in next door
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Old 20th Mar 2018, 08:46
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Mexicans wake up and find Trump has built his wall
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