Army Laughs #v4#6
(September 1944)

Prize, 1941 Series
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Volume
4
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Crestwood Publishing Co. Inc.
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Ken Browne (credited as Corp. Ken Browne) (editor)

Issue Notes

Indexed from scanned copy at https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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Ken Browne (signed as Ken Browne)
Pencils
Ken Browne (signed as Ken Browne)
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Ken Browne (signed as Ken Browne)
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Letters
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Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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Bill Wenzel (signed as Wenzel)
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Bill Wenzel (signed as Wenzel)
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Bill Wenzel (signed as Wenzel)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Whatever you do, ladies, don't drop a hankie.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A waiter cautions women against dropping handkerchiefs nearby tank corps staff.

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
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Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
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Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
That blonde just said 'no' to the 'Looie'!
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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Pat Deane (signed as Pat Deane)
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Pat Deane (signed as Pat Deane)
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Pat Deane (signed as Pat Deane)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
- An I'm the guy that usta get sore every time the wife suggested weeding our five by five garden.
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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Reamer Keller (signed as R. K.)
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Reamer Keller (signed as R. K.)
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Reamer Keller (signed as R. K.)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
See what I mean, doctor - yours point up.
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
But how can I be sure they're sincere?
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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Reamer Keller (signed as R. K.)
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Reamer Keller (signed as R. K.)
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Reamer Keller (signed as R. K.)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Were you calling me?
Genre
humor; military

[Dog Rated 1-A] (Table of Contents: 7)

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Ving Fuller (signed as Ving Fuller)
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Ving Fuller (signed as Ving Fuller)
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Ving Fuller (signed as Ving Fuller)

Genre
humor; military
Synopsis
A dog is rated 1-A by the draft board.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
You said it buddy, we're in a hole!
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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Ving Fuller (signed as Ving Fuller)
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Ving Fuller (signed as Ving Fuller)
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Ving Fuller (signed as Ving Fuller)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here, Jimmy, I wantcha t'meet a Russian!
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

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Salo (signed as Salo)
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Salo (signed as Salo)
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Salo (signed as Salo)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Darn these women drivers!
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

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Art Moore (signed as Sgt Art Moore)
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Art Moore (signed as Sgt Art Moore)
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Art Moore (signed as Sgt Art Moore)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
We're surrounded on 3 sides, outnumbered four to one - send us one more marine!
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

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Jimmy Caborn (signed as Jimmy Caborn)
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Jimmy Caborn (signed as Jimmy Caborn)
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Jimmy Caborn (signed as Jimmy Caborn)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now promise me you won't wait for me while I'm away!
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

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Salo (signed as Salo)
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Salo (signed as Salo)
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Salo (signed as Salo)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
This one makes me a little dizzy.
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

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Ving Fuller (signed as Ving Fuller)
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Ving Fuller (signed as Ving Fuller)
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Ving Fuller (signed as Ving Fuller)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Looks like those boys in the kitchen are bucking for stripes again!
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

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Salo (signed as Salo)
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Salo (signed as Salo)
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Salo (signed as Salo)
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Maybe we shouldn't have told him that the girl he kissed yesterday was the top-kick's daughter.
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why don't you do as the mechanic says, and kill the motor?
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I hope it's me and not just my paycheck you're interested in!
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

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Bo Brown (signed as Bo Brown)
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Bo Brown (signed as Bo Brown)
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Bo Brown (signed as Bo Brown)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
They tell me this guy used to be with the 103rd engineers!
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
They say the Sarge adds color to our outfit!
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

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Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
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Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
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Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Kamerad! When do I leave for America?
Genre
humor; military

Blackout (Table of Contents: 21)

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Ken Browne (credited)
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Ken Browne (credited)
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humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
You lost your stripes?
Genre
humor; military

Explosions (Table of Contents: 23)

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humor

About Faces (Table of Contents: 24)

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Ken Browne (credited)
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Ken Browne (credited)

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military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

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Salo (signed as Salo)
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Salo (signed as Salo)
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Salo (signed as Salo)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
No wonder my stories are rejected.
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ma wants me to send her a range finder... she's looking for a cook stove!
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

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Tom Blakley (signed as BLAKLEY)
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Tom Blakley (signed as BLAKLEY)
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Tom Blakley (signed as BLAKLEY)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
And remember fellows, what the enemy doesn't know will hurt him!
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

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Salo (signed as Salo)
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Salo (signed as Salo)
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Salo (signed as Salo)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'll say he showers us with attentions till we're ready to drop.
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
If I ever get to be a sergeant and if my sergeant ever gets to be a private - oh, boy!
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
All those military weddings we've had lately have certainly left their effects on our new canopy!
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boy, oh boy! Has Tracy got himself in a spot!
Genre
humor; military
Synopsis
A soldier under fire in a foxhole is enjoying Dick Tracy comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

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Art Moore (signed as Sgt Art Moore)
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Art Moore (signed as Sgt Art Moore)
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Art Moore (signed as Sgt Art Moore)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
His three day pass came through - but it's 10 days to Frisco!
Genre
humor; military

Home Town Talk! (Table of Contents: 33)

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Ken Browne (signed as Ken Browne)
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Ken Browne (signed as Ken Browne)
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Ken Browne (signed as Ken Browne)
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Ken Browne (signed as Ken Browne)

Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 34)

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Reamer Keller (signed as R. K.)
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Reamer Keller (signed as R. K.)
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Reamer Keller (signed as R. K.)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Let's try and get our mothers out of the war plants by Christmas!
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35)

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Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
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Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
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Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Haw! Haw! Dey lost seven flying fortresses, four liberators, eleven thunderbolts...
Genre
humor; military

Candid Camera Cartoons (Table of Contents: 36)

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Ken Browne
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Ken Browne
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Ken Browne
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Ken Browne

Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 37)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here's a list of ships you're reported to have sunk.
Genre
humor; military

Bugle Notes (Table of Contents: 38)

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humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 39)

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George La Mendola (signed as La Mendola)
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George La Mendola (signed as La Mendola)
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George La Mendola (signed as La Mendola)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Haven't you heard about oil rationing, mother?
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 40)

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Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
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Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
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Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I wonder why I keep dreaming of girls!
Genre
humor; military

Private Goofle's Letters to His Ma (Table of Contents: 41)

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[Crossword Puzzle] (Table of Contents: 42)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 43)

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Bill O'Malley (signed as BILL O'MALLEY)
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Bill O'Malley (signed as BILL O'MALLEY)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I've the awfullest feeling that we're not being followed!
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 44)

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Joey Oakes (signed as Joey Oakes)
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Joey Oakes (signed as Joey Oakes)
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Joey Oakes (signed as Joey Oakes)
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Joey Oakes (signed as Joey Oakes)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Closed they got us too
Genre
humor; military

Beach Nut (Table of Contents: 45)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 46)

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Reamer Keller (signed as R. K.)
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Reamer Keller (signed as R. K.)
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Reamer Keller (signed as R. K.)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Since the draft our two pants suits include one pair of Army pants.
Genre
humor; military

Auntie Tripelchin's Love Tips (Table of Contents: 47)

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Tents and Decks (Table of Contents: 48)

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humor

Nutty Nifties (Table of Contents: 49)

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Ken Browne
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Ken Browne
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Ken Browne
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Ken Browne

Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 50)

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Reamer Keller (signed as R. K.)
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Reamer Keller (signed as R. K.)
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Reamer Keller (signed as R. K.)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Give me 500 ice cream cones.
Genre
humor; military

Cookehouse Howls (Table of Contents: 51)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 52)

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Art Moore (signed as Sgt Art Moore)
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Art Moore (signed as Sgt Art Moore)
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Art Moore (signed as Sgt Art Moore)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gosh, Bill - this reminds me of home!
Genre
humor; military

Scalp Itchers (Table of Contents: 53)

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Genre
humor

Army Laughs' Steno Says Hello (Table of Contents: 54)

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humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 55)

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Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
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Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
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Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
She was mortified when she arrived at the dance and found the girls...
Genre
humor; military

Parodies on the Songs Your Daddies Sang (Table of Contents: 56)

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humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 57)

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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
The coffee is ruined, the steak burned to a crisp and the cake fell flat...
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 58)

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I figured he could stand the weather better than I!
Genre
humor

You Said It Buddy! (Table of Contents: 59)

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humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 60)

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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I keep saying 'please' to buck privates!
Genre
humor; military

[Woman Invites Sailor into Car] (Table of Contents: 61)

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Salo (signed as Salo)
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Salo (signed as Salo)
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Salo (signed as Salo)

Genre
humor; military
Synopsis
A woman invites a sailor into her car even though he wasn't hitchhiking.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 62)

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Joey Oakes (signed as Joey Oakes)
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Joey Oakes (signed as Joey Oakes)
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Joey Oakes (signed as Joey Oakes)
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Joey Oakes (signed as Joey Oakes)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
No man's land
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 63)

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Bill Wenzel (signed as Wenzel)
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Bill Wenzel (signed as Wenzel)
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Bill Wenzel (signed as Wenzel)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Where's the chowhound you said you were bringing home to eat with us?
Genre
humor; military
Synopsis
A soldier's wife thought a "chowhound" he mentioned was an actual animal.

Indexer Notes

On inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 64)

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Bill Wenzel (signed as Wenzel)
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Bill Wenzel (signed as Wenzel)
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Bill Wenzel (signed as Wenzel)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ahem! ...Er... goodbye!
Genre
humor; military
Synopsis
A soldier tries to get the attention of a passing woman.

Indexer Notes

On back cover.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. ["Whatever you do, ladies, don't drop a hankie."]
  3. 2. ["That blonde just said 'no' to the 'Looie'!"]
  4. 3. ["- An I'm the guy that usta get sore every time the wife suggested weeding our five by five garden."]
  5. 4. ["See what I mean, doctor - yours point up."]
  6. 5. ["But how can I be sure they're sincere?"]
  7. 6. ["Were you calling me?"]
  8. 7. [Dog Rated 1-A]
  9. 8. ["You said it buddy, we're in a hole!"]
  10. 9. ["Here, Jimmy, I wantcha t'meet a Russian!"]
  11. 10. ["Darn these women drivers!"]
  12. 11. ["We're surrounded on 3 sides, outnumbered four to one - send us one more marine!"]
  13. 12. ["Now promise me you won't wait for me while I'm away!"]
  14. 13. ["This one makes me a little dizzy."]
  15. 14. ["Looks like those boys in the kitchen are bucking for stripes again!"]
  16. 15. ["Maybe we shouldn't have told him that the girl he kissed yesterday was the top-kick's daughter."]
  17. 16. ["Why don't you do as the mechanic says, and kill the motor?"]
  18. 17. ["I hope it's me and not just my paycheck you're interested in!"]
  19. 18. ["They tell me this guy used to be with the 103rd engineers!"]
  20. 19. ["They say the Sarge adds color to our outfit!"]
  21. 20. ["Kamerad! When do I leave for America?"]
  22. 21. Blackout
  23. 22. ["You lost your stripes?"]
  24. 23. Explosions
  25. 24. About Faces
  26. 25. ["No wonder my stories are rejected."]
  27. 26. ["Ma wants me to send her a range finder... she's looking for a cook stove!"]
  28. 27. ["And remember fellows, what the enemy doesn't know will hurt him!"]
  29. 28. ["I'll say he showers us with attentions till we're ready to drop."]
  30. 29. ["If I ever get to be a sergeant and if my sergeant ever gets to be a private - oh, boy!"]
  31. 30. ["All those military weddings we've had lately have certainly left their effects on our new canopy!"]
  32. 31. ["Boy, oh boy! Has Tracy got himself in a spot!"]
  33. 32. ["His three day pass came through - but it's 10 days to Frisco!"]
  34. 33. Home Town Talk!
  35. 34. ["Let's try and get our mothers out of the war plants by Christmas!"]
  36. 35. ["Haw! Haw! Dey lost seven flying fortresses, four liberators, eleven thunderbolts..."]
  37. 36. Candid Camera Cartoons
  38. 37. ["Here's a list of ships you're reported to have sunk."]
  39. 38. Bugle Notes
  40. 39. ["Haven't you heard about oil rationing, mother?"]
  41. 40. ["I wonder why I keep dreaming of girls!"]
  42. 41. Private Goofle's Letters to His Ma
  43. 42. [Crossword Puzzle]
  44. 43. ["I've the awfullest feeling that we're not being followed!"]
  45. 44. ["Closed they got us too"]
  46. 45. Beach Nut
  47. 46. ["Since the draft our two pants suits include one pair of Army pants."]
  48. 47. Auntie Tripelchin's Love Tips
  49. 48. Tents and Decks
  50. 49. Nutty Nifties
  51. 50. ["Give me 500 ice cream cones."]
  52. 51. Cookehouse Howls
  53. 52. ["Gosh, Bill - this reminds me of home!"]
  54. 53. Scalp Itchers
  55. 54. Army Laughs' Steno Says Hello
  56. 55. ["She was mortified when she arrived at the dance and found the girls..."]
  57. 56. Parodies on the Songs Your Daddies Sang
  58. 57. ["The coffee is ruined, the steak burned to a crisp and the cake fell flat..."]
  59. 58. ["I figured he could stand the weather better than I!"]
  60. 59. You Said It Buddy!
  61. 60. ["I keep saying 'please' to buck privates!"]
  62. 61. [Woman Invites Sailor into Car]
  63. 62. ["No man's land"]
  64. 63. ["Where's the chowhound you said you were bringing home to eat with us?"]
  65. 64. ["Ahem! ...Er... goodbye!"]
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