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1943 - U.S. Marine feeding a kitten (x-post from cuteguyswithcats) (i.imgur.com)

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[–]MONDARIZ 31 points32 points ago

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This is Miss Hap and Marine Sergeant Frank Praytor in Korea ca 1953.

[–]Enleat 1 point2 points ago

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I don't know, the combat vest and boots look like they're from the Vietnam War.

[–]MONDARIZ 10 points11 points ago

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Trust me, I know this picture.

[–]Enleat 11 points12 points ago

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Okay.

[–]MONDARIZ 6 points7 points ago

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But you are right, judging purely from the battle dress and equipment I would have said Vietnam too.

[–]Enleat 2 points3 points ago

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Yeah. I didn't know combat vests were used in the Korean War :P

[–]MONDARIZ 7 points8 points ago

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M-1951 ballistic vest.

[–]Enleat 2 points3 points ago

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Cool, thanks, now i know :)

[–]bizhead 3 points4 points ago

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All is well in the world

[–]Enleat 1 point2 points ago

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Yay =3

[–]Otis_Inf 3 points4 points ago

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Evidence: http://www.flickr.com/photos/usmcarchives/6185783532

[–]MothraGirl 2 points3 points ago

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trust me, i'm from the internet

[–]FlameCorrosion[S] 2 points3 points ago*

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trust me, I'm from Reddit.

[–]katmaidog -3 points-2 points ago

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No you're not. You made a big mistake and you haven't even owned up to it. Reddit makes mistakes, but Reddit admits it

[–]FlameCorrosion[S] 1 point2 points ago

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I said I didn't do my research, what's that called? Oh, right. Its called owning up to my inadequacy. Not good enough, I guess. And i didn't mean I was the correct one, I was improving mothra's statement.

[–]Ihasn 1 point2 points ago

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Nah Spanish American war

[–]dpDaniPearl 12 points13 points ago

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Who could say no to that kitten and leave it to starve? Look at how adorable it is!

[–]KCSuzy109 8 points9 points ago

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I didn't know /r/cuteguyswithcats was a thing. Yes!

That is completely adorable.

[–]ldskiba 2 points3 points ago

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my new favorite sub - thanks!

[–]rkenned 7 points8 points ago

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For some reason my morbid mind read "U.S Marine feeding on a kitten". Then I just figured you were trolling the cuteguyswithcats subreddit.

[–]FlameCorrosion[S] 2 points3 points ago

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that would have been hilarious.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

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Cute guy is a bit of an understatement.

That guy has a jawline rarely seen outside the Greek pantheon.

[–]plasticslug 5 points6 points ago

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As a heterosexual male, I find this dude fucking sexy as fuck.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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http://www.thingsthatmakeyougoaahh.com/2004/07/nazi-kittens.html

war doesn't make shit cute.

[–]FlameCorrosion[S] 8 points9 points ago

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no, but kittens do.

[–]TorgoTheWhite 2 points3 points ago

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Hey Jim look! I'm teaching a kitten to smoke!

[–]Shitty_Watercolour 2 points3 points ago

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http://imgur.com/XN6dk

[–]thelightforest 1 point2 points ago

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glowing guinea pig on a walnut smoking a cigarette

lovely.

[–]FlameCorrosion[S] 1 point2 points ago

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I don't know what I expected.

[–]TheGreatPastaWars 7 points8 points ago

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Genius. Pump that little guy with nitroglycerine. Kitty grenade.

[–]xolilbumblebee14xo 1 point2 points ago

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Awwwwwwwww

[–]ColonelMatrix 1 point2 points ago

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I don't think that this picture was taken in 1943. If anything I would say that this is early Vietnam due to the flack jacket and helmet. The cover does look like WWII Marine vintage, however, the helmet looks like the Vietnam-ear production model.

There's a good chance that I could be wrong; I'd like to hear other people's thoughts.

[–]Stones25 0 points1 point ago

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You are correct. The picture was taken in Korea. See above post.

[–]FlameCorrosion[S] 0 points1 point ago

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i didn't do my research, just used the same basic title of the r/cuteguyswithcats post. Sorry about that.

[–]apple_kicks 1 point2 points ago

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man disarms deadly kitten bomb

[–]beautifulleper 1 point2 points ago

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Can anyone answer why it is that reddit-ers are seemingly more cat people then dog people.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points ago

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I'm sorry, but I think this pic gets posted every day on reddit.

[–]kaaatie 1 point2 points ago

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First time I've seen it.

[–]FlameCorrosion[S] -1 points0 points ago*

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I checked before I posted. I couldnt find it anywhere other than once on r/cuteguyswithcats. I consider myself corrected, thank you.

[–]Shniggles 0 points1 point ago

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It's the things us warriors do to keep us calm and happy.

[–]Jerryfizzlepop 0 points1 point ago

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Brilliant picture. I wonder what happened to them both?

[–]timboslice123 0 points1 point ago

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Hey look it's Ilya Bryzgalov! Why you haff to be mad?

[–]tropicderp 0 points1 point ago

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I don't know he has blonde hair

[–]Walewein 0 points1 point ago

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Korean War, 1953. See this site for more kittens adopted by the Navy:

http://www.usni.org/news-and-features/cats-and-the-sea-services

[–]superanth 0 points1 point ago*

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My favorite is Camouflage, a ship's cat on a landing ship that would chase around errant enemy tracer rounds as they rattled around on-deck.

[–]ZanoSkull 0 points1 point ago

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Am I the only one who is reminded of the movie "Apocalypse Now" when seeing this? This reminds me of the dude who was constantly high on acid who found the puppy.

[–]skipperbob 0 points1 point ago

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This is definitely Korea. Early combat vest....

[–]I0I0I0I 0 points1 point ago

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The thousand yard gaze.

[–]iAgreeToDisagree 0 points1 point ago

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Just wondering... How are you sure he's American? Honest question, the clothing? :O

[–]Zerv14 1 point2 points ago

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He's carrying a 1911. The holster even has "US" printed on it.

[–]iAgreeToDisagree 1 point2 points ago

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Ah, thank you very much kind sir/ma'am.. I was trying to look at the holster as well but I wasn't able to make out what it was. Nonetheless, thanks!

[–]Zerv14 2 points3 points ago*

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Here's another picture of that holster, if you're curious

The gun is the Colt M1911, the US military standard issue sidearm from 1911 to 1985. The helmet in the original picture is also pretty revealing. That camouflage pattern is known as "spotted leopard" and was used extensively by the US Marines in the Pacific theatre of World War II (although not used in Europe because of the similarity to the German paratrooper camouflage).

[–]sewiv 0 points1 point ago

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Actually, I think the curved mainspring housing would make that an M1911A1.

[–]rhoula 4 points5 points ago

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Yes he is American, His name is " Frank Praytor" he was a Marine Sergeant.

He adopted the kitten after her mother was killed by mortar.

read more here:

http://checkthisup.com/showthread.php?28511-feeding-an-orphan-kitten&p=111646#post111646

[–]redditor3000 -1 points0 points ago

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Only humans would look for love and affection in between killing eachother.

[–]rasputine 10 points11 points ago

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Yah....and chimps. and male lions. praying mantises do them pretty much at the same time. Ants don't really look for 'love' so much as chemical scents, but I'd say they count too.

[–]KingToasty 4 points5 points ago

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Don't forget dolphins! All cheery and happy, then BAM dolphin rape cave.

[–]I_Draw_Silly_Faces 2 points3 points ago

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Hey it's you! Hi bestfriend!

[–]KingToasty 1 point2 points ago

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I am still not good at this.

[–]DemanRisu 0 points1 point ago

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I think I love you already.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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Only humans would sit at computers and ponder the universe while looking at pictures of cats.

[–]IHateNicolasCage -1 points0 points ago

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No you see the soldier in fact is starving and has to use the kitty to gather food for him and he takes part of the kitties meal from its stomach to eat.

[–]enormanous -1 points0 points ago

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EVERYONE IN THIS PHOTO IS DEAD.

[–]Mitch_CAN -3 points-2 points ago

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seriously? this picture gained thousands of karma in r/pics, about 5 times already, then someone posts it to a small sub and someone finds it and thinks it has more potential? well if you did your research, its a dead horse.

[–]FlameCorrosion[S] 0 points1 point ago*

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I couldn't find it posted anywhere else when I checked. I consider myself corrected, thank you.

[–]nixon007 -3 points-2 points ago

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what happend in the 60s that made the american soldier WAY OVER aggressive. CHECK VIETNAM and the rest of the genocide.

[–]Stones25 1 point2 points ago

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So the US military started killing a large group of people based on ethnicity? If you want to insult, please use the proper grammar for said insult.

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