-
A school full of gas masks
Children in Honolulu following Pearl Harbor. The use of poison gas was widely feared in WW II, but it doesn't seem to have been carried out. It was one of the worst horrors of the first World War. Hawaiian residents were issued gas masks and were supposed to keep them handy at all times.
( Read more... ) -
Making friends wherever they went
WW II postcard showing the familiar sight of a friendly Japanese soldier being warmly welcomed by Chinese youngsters.
( Read more... ) -
Trapper John, no! Don't do it!
What would Radar say? Hawkeye will have another sensitive monologue and the audience can't take much more of those.
A little wartime art from the North Korean side...
( Read more... ) -
A small forgotten incident in the Great War
When your government decides it wants land or oil or trade routes... or just to try out some weapons or to make contractors rich.. and they start waving the flag and beating the drums and shouting slogans, well don't believe them. In this sobering piece from 1987's RIP OFF COMIX, Spain Rodriguez recalls just one of many hellish episodes from the ( Read more... )
