Private Snafu - Gas (1944)

[@nottherealpaulsmith]

Ah yes, one of the rare Pvt Snafu cartoons where Snafu DOESN'T die horribly at the end.

[@Mordecrox]

I like to think they wanted to convey that not even Pvt Snafu deserved to be gassed no matter how incompetent he is otherwise

[@foxmccloud7055]

Nor does he get his entire unit wiped out.

[@florafurioso9197]

Whence did the word “snafu” arise?

[@generalrubbish9513]

@@florafurioso9197 It's an acronym for "Situation Normal, All Fouled/Fucked Up". Military forces love their acronyms, it's only natural the soldiers would come up with their own.

[@imapseudonym1403]

New mown hay = Phosgene. Apple blossoms = Chloracetophenone Fly paper = Chlorpicrin. He made them all sound so nice and peaceful...

[@huyngoc40]

and.....deadly

[@georgec1391]

Thanks for explaining, I got the reference to fly paper but not the mown hay and the apple blossoms.

[@shrek8377]

Snafu is looking like a double-wide surprise.

[@tr4nsg0th1ca]

@ 3:23 they used actual smells of three chemical weapons. Freshly mowed hay: PHOSGENE apple blossom: CN TEAR GAS fly paper: CHLOROPICRIN

[@Octopetala]

crazy that an educational cartoon used real info.

[@Mordecrox]

@@Octopetala well it was wartime educational aimed at the front lines so they had to be factual

[@corsapilotti1447]

What’s up doc ?!

[@lennypayne4241]

Relevant in 1944 and for a whole new reason, even more relevant than before in 2020.

[@simaschaladauskas47]

THAT'S A TYPE OF GAS MASK I WANT

[@foxmccloud7055]

In every army, there's always a Pvt. SNAFU and Pvt. McGuiliguddy.

[@jamesboyle6134]

McGillicudy was in the Marine Corps. Though I hear tell he goes by Lance Corporal Schmuckatelli these days.

[@jamieimai9328]

Happy 84th anniversary Bugs Bunny @ 0:55.

[@Bucky749]

“Ehhh….what’s Up Doc?” Here’s to more 84 years of wisecracks.

[@nickwerner7983]

0:55 Bugs Bunny Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh, What’s Up, Doc?

[@frogglen6350]

The way snafu gets punished is still like the army today. Not only did he not take the training seriously, but he was late.

[@raymondyorysh7401]

This cartoon was on Toon in with me today.

[@davidbaise5137]

Wow. Now I know where Ghostbusters comes from.

[@generalripper1964]

Some things never change. :-)

[@meowkitty5588]

May 1944.

[@johno9507]

Situation Normal All F***** Up.

[@rashardkelly]

#EARLY_APPEARANCE_OF_BUGS_BUNNY2

[@rapman5791]

Mel Blanc

[@meowkitty5588]

0:54 Bugs Bunny.

[@nathanbray5005]

And flyer paper🫨😧 FLYER PAPER 3:32

[@XtreemAlan]

WWI Osowiec solders: I have no such weakness

[@k-trashradio5163]

Funny how when this cartoon was made gas and chemical weapons were the most feared weapons of mass destruction....one year later. 🍄 ☁️

[@ibmvietnam9790]

china nuclear wars

[@timinkclifter8005]

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[@ibmvietnam9790]

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[@nerffamilystudios2285]

200th like

[@jaketucker2559]

Too bad this episode was irrelevant even in ww2

[@nb2008nc]

That's a good thing, not a bad thing. Hindsight is also 20/20. No way to know the axis wouldn't try it out of desperation.

[@Arlondev]

Irrelevant in WW2? The WW2 where the nazis used Mustard GAS and killed people in *GAS* Chambers? That WW2?

[@jacplac97]

Even if chemical weapons weren't nearly as present in combat (besides Sino-Japanese war and Eastern Front), there was a real threat of any side of the conflict, using their stockiple of biological and chemical weapons. Then there was the sinking of SS John Harvey, which was carrying mustard gas.

[@keldonmcfarland2969]

This was very relevant in WWII and it still is today. We still have gas drills. We had to make sure our masks were serviceable and functional before we went into Iraq and/or Afghanistan and we had gas drills there too.

[@Wildman-lc3ur]

But it's shown to soliders so that they can be better prepared incase of actual chemical warfare My dad has to do gas mask drills a few times a year in the airforce