And while Thursday’s show was the first ever to be hosted by Nellis Air Force Base, drag is not new to the military. Just check out this photograph taken in Germany just 10 days after World War II ended in Europe, where about 60 soldiers put on a drag show all on their own.
“These are all GI’s. There aren’t any girls in the show,” wrote the original owner on the back of the photo.
GI show in Eschwege, 1945, (Museum of Jewish Heritage photo / Gift of Eric Zimmerman, Yaffa Eliach Collection donated by the Center for Holocaust Studies)
I know it was pretty common back during WW2 for GIs and POWs to perform plays and things, and have men play the parts of women too, since obviously they didn't have women there. But holy fuck, that photo really does make it look like a goddamned drag show rather than a play.
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[ - ] KCobain27 5 points 2.9 yearsJul 7, 2021 12:18:54 ago (+5/-0)
Every. Single. Time.
https://archive.is/MriaT#selection-727.0-745.154
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The wrong side won WW2.
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Surely mentally unstable people who are ready to fly into a violent rage at the drop of the hat, are well suited to infantry?
:p
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