American mother and her 8 sons, all of whom served in WW2 or the Korean War and survived, 1950s : historyporn

[–] xerx@sh.itjust.works 52 points 4 months ago

Reminds me of the “Thankful Villages” or the rarer “Doubly Thankful Villages” in the UK. The former for villages where none of the men died in WWI and the second where none of the men died in both wars. Kind of sobering when you realised that the majority of places suffered losses of their men.

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 32 points 4 months ago

Looks like a man went to each branch too. Thats some serious family history right there.

[–] Land_Strider@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago

Oh man, that has to be some rare joy to keep having for the rest of their lives.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 17 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Sheesh lady. It's a vagina, not a clown car.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Funny, my thought was that her husband needed to figure out what a condom was.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I don't think condoms were popularized in the 1930s.

Edit: Apparently they were around then and just began being mass-produced. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condom

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 months ago

Pulling out has always been free ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Many mothers didn't get all 8 back

[–] KillerTofu@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

she’s not octomom.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Not with that lack of promotional spirit!

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Luckiest family.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Let's hear it for momma, who just kept cranking them out for about a decade of her life.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago

Kinda what people did back then. Low infant mortality was a new concept at the time.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Looks like at least one pair of twins, I'm gonna guess more than one set of multiple births among them all.

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago

Got an idea for a movie called "Leaving Private Ryan to take care of himself".

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Jfc deez comments

[+] Kowowow@lemmy.ca -8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Died in korea? Skill issue

[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 4 points 4 months ago

NA aim

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCOBEPGG8nI

[+] Dkarma@lemmy.world -20 points 4 months ago (3 children)

8 sons...holy shit Dad was bad in bed 🤣

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 months ago

What

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago

No but seriously, this isn't something you believe right?

[+] banghida@lemm.ee -39 points 4 months ago (3 children)

What's the rape average between them?

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com -1 points 4 months ago

Committed by them or cause of their conception?

[+] sunzu@kbin.run -22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

People downvoting are either poorly educated or in denial.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_during_the_liberation_of_France

White American soldiers were much less likely to be executed for rape. 130 of the 180 troops charged with rape by the Army in France were African American. U.S. forces executed 29 soldiers for rape, 25 of them African American.

Of course with a bit of that racist America flavour.

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 38 points 4 months ago (1 children)

People are downvoting because the topic is survival rate and while rape by military stsff is a huge problem, it isn't something that is clearly linked to these particular soldiers.

[+] sunzu@kbin.run -27 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

topic is survival rate

Cope.

https://kbin.run/m/world@lemmy.world/t/535696/Japan-warns-US-forces-Sex-crimes-cannot-be-tolerated

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This is off-topic. Let's end it here.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Honestly pug, you’d do us a service just to ban this dude. The guy starts idiotic fights and name calls everywhere he goes.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Noted. This is the first time I've noticed him, or at least remembered his username, so for now I'll keep an eye on him.

[+] sunzu@kbin.run -7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

We have interacted before.

I stand behind my commenting.

[–] Land_Strider@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Seriously, dude. While I can understand and share the angst against a lot of topics and the urge to bring them out whenever I see something contextually related, going off by a set topic in a wider context without having the relevant topic at hand isn't fruitful.

Do you anti-war protesting, do your part against western downplay, denial of or distraction from their colonial crimes and related heinous acts. Do all of these without taking part in beating the dead (and/or wanted to be revived) U.S.S.R / CCP bashing even, thus being focused on one side in your criticism. But also learn to make a distinction between one topic and another in a context and to take part in that topic in relevant places.

I'm saying this by going from this comment chain, btw. I don't have a habit of checking people's comment history without being given a reason to do so.

[–] sunzu@kbin.run 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

First, I didn't start this comment thread. You are implying I am engineered it.

Somebody made Edge Lord comment which got downvotes. I don't know why... Maybe they didn't like the vibe or maybe they don't think US soldiers committed these crimes.

I provided context on why this person would say such a thing.

Mod said stop and I did. While I still think this is on topic, I am not gonna argue over it. He left my comment up, so I respect the decision.

I do find it ironic that while this is happening the japan article I posted above pops up in my feed tho...

[–] Land_Strider@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Hmm, yeah I see that it was someone else. I apologize, I should have noticed it and directed my criticism towards the thread starter.

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