VINTAGE PHOTO: Donkey Riding On The Back Of WWII G.I.

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[DogByte6RER]

c. 1940s:

Military donkey ride

[DogByte6RER]

Godd@mn lazy jackasses never change ... they have only gotten worse over the past 70 years.

[TurboZamboni]

now the whole country is getting humped by donkeys

[DogByte6RER]

A Donkey ... Pong

[Joe 6-pack]

I don’t think that’s a GI. The helmet isn’t American...possibly French(?)

[pax_et_bonum]

A Donkey ... Pong
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Rofl!!!

[DanielRedfoot]

Well, its lonely at the front!

[DogByte6RER]

If he is French, then that would explain a lot!

[goodwithagun]

For the Photoshoppers here: Could these pics be combined into one, the vintage on the left and the modern on the right? It could be captioned something like, “Vintage picture of WWII GI carrying a jackass on his back, modern picture of the same thing.”

[mass55th]

I could be wrong, but the helmets don’t look like U.S. issue. Reminds me of Japanese helmets.

[mass55th]

I thought they were Japanese.

[2banana]

Looks like Nationalist Chinese.

[DogByte6RER]

The picture is old ... but the soldier’s feature's look Caucasian ... to me at least.

[laplata]

That’s not a GI.

[Sivad]

The helmet also caught my eye. When the Allies invaded Europe
in ‘44 the French contingent was supplied by the US including
helmets, I believe.

[Joe 6-pack]

Except the Chinese Nationalist issue helmet was actually the M1935 German Stahlhelm....

[laplata]

Same here. The soldier on the right has the collars worn outside the jacket like Japanese officers wore their shirts.

[SaxxonWoods]

Seen it before. Assumed it was Korea.

[jjotto]

Identified elsewhere on the ‘net as French from WWII. Nothing definitive however.

[oldsalt]

I don’t think that’s a GI. The helmet isn’t American...possibly French(?)

I would bet on Italian during Ethiopian campaign.

[GoDuke]

I think they’re Soviet soldiers. (Not really)
“In Soviet Russia, donkey rides YOU!”