In the heat of battle, photographer Horace Bristol captured one of the most unique and erotic photos of WWII.
Bristol photographed a young crewman of a US Navy “Dumbo” PBY rescue mission, manning his gun after having stripped naked and jumped into the water of Rabaul Harbor to rescue a badly burned Marine pilot. The Marine was shot down while bombing the Japanese-held fortress of Rabaul.
“…we got a call to pick up an airman who was down in the Bay. The Japanese were shooting at him from the island, and when they saw us they started shooting at us. The man who was shot down was temporarily blinded, so one of our crew stripped off his clothes and jumped in to bring him aboard. He couldn’t have swum very well wearing his boots and clothes. As soon as we could, we took off. We weren’t waiting around for anybody to put on formal clothes. We were being shot at and wanted to get the hell out of there. The naked man got back into his position at his gun in the blister of the plane.”
“And well, there was his butt, and I had a camera. I mean I AM a historian.”
That is the BEST EVER quote about the nature of historians I’ve ever seen
Prompt: Non-magic AU. Tom is a criminal, still working on making a name for himself. Mostly he works anonymously by hacking other people’s systems and intimidating them, but he has begun to build a small following.
One day he meets grad student Harry, and they have an immediate connection, despite Harry’s good-natured innocence. As they date, Tom decides not to tell Harry anything about his less-than-legal background. Harry is too innocent, too down-to-earth, too trusting, and Tom does his best not to shatter that.
Eventually, they get engaged, and that evening is the first time Tom meets Harry’s family.
Turns out, Harry is the heir to one of the most powerful crime families in the country, and Harry is under the impression that Tom is the innocent one in their relationship.
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