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The New Recruit: 1917
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 03/09/2009 - 10:59pm.
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Hunky for 1917
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 6:27pm.
Actually, this young man seems in much better shape than other men of similar age seen shirtless in the published photos from this era. Most look scrawny by late 20th century standards, unless they were athletes like those in the famous Yale rowers picture seen some years back on Shorpy. This fella looks like he has filled out nicely from adolescence, making me think he may have been a manual laborer.
Hope
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 5:09pm.
Whenever I see photos of these healthy, hopeful young men I always wonder if they returned home in the same condition - with limbs and sanity intact.
A Lot More!!!
Submitted by Toto in Kansas on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 11:15am.
Would have to agree with Mal Fuller about how much of me they checked when I enlisted in the Navy in 60s. Something about turn your head and cough!!!
Contemporary Standards
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 12:34am.
Starting from the top.
Breasts: small, undeveloped.
Abdominals: poorly defined.
Ankles: scrawny, birdlike.
Next!
Ow.
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 12:12am.
Did Doc put his legs on backward? Or is he a bird?
Rid 'em Doc
Submitted by Steve K. CALIF on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 12:03am.
I love this site. Doc's spurs are a nice note from the past. A bit like Col. Potter's on M*A*S*H.
They got nosier
Submitted by Mal Fuller on Mon, 03/09/2009 - 11:56pm.
When I went in the military in the 1960s, they checked more of me than that!
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