August 19, 2015

Johnny lost a tooth

Three sailors. RPPC. Private Collection.

Three WWII era American sailors. RPPC. Private Collection.

On the back is written “Johnny far left”. He’s more experienced than his two buddies, having completed 3 campaigns.

Did he lose his front tooth banging into something on the ship? Or maybe he lost it less heroically at a port tavern… :) (I recall having somewhat of the same conversation about another picture in this collection!).

A very handsome trio though. They’re covering the backdrop, only a few flying birds showing by Johnny’s face.

RPPC: EKC 1939-1950

This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 19th, 2015 at 9:45 am and tagged with 1940s, navy, sailor, USA, WWII and posted in Military, RPPCs. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

3 responses to “Johnny lost a tooth”

summertime75
August 19th, 2015 at 9:55 am

Ha I had mine knocked out with a hair bush at school :-/

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- bowlersandhighcollars
  August 19th, 2015 at 11:35 am
  
  lol. I had mine diverted when my best friend accidentally ran into me and hit me in the mouth. I got a huge abscess from that and my growing tooth came sideways at a 90 degree angle. It was BAD lol but I was too young to realize that yet haha! One hospital stay and years of orthodontic work to fix that one. And she did a GREAT job.
  
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Wanda B. Victorian
August 21st, 2015 at 7:27 am

All the nice girls love a sailor….

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