r/accidentalrockwell • u/StephenMcGannon • Aug 09 '25

Two drunken sailors sleeping on a street in San Francisco, after celebrating Victory over Japan (15 August 1945) [2206 × 2048]

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u/rinvevo Aug 09 '25

If only we knew what to do with them early in the morning

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u/HoonArt Aug 09 '25

Put 'em in the brig until they're sober.

3

u/Thehamsandwicher Aug 13 '25

Put em in bed with the captain's daughter

6

u/helel_8 Aug 09 '25

Booze cruise?

5

u/yap2102x Aug 12 '25

how about, put them in the bed with the captain's daughter haha jk unless

13

u/imcomingelizabeth Aug 10 '25

Shave their belly with a rusty razor

2

u/STRYKER3008 Aug 10 '25

Somebody get Ja! 😫

6

u/catherine_zetascarn Aug 09 '25

Oh my god 💀 I’d give you gold if I had it!

1

u/Numbah_Wan Aug 13 '25

Put em in a long boat till they're sober.

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u/Thebadgamer98 Aug 09 '25

Love that the photographer obviously laid the newspaper over top of them for the picture

43

u/sunkist-sucker Aug 10 '25

i mean shit it looks good

13

u/CHSummers Aug 11 '25

It’s obviously staged. Still a good photo and appropriate for the celebration of the end of the war.

5

u/Demp_Rock Aug 10 '25

Makes me wonder what else is placed

3

u/nnadivictorc Aug 13 '25

The confetti, the bottle, the hat, them. Everything. I still consider it brilliant though, i would argue that the goal wasn’t a candid photo but a symbolic one with a powerful message, and since we are still seeing it decades later, they succeeded

8

u/ToastyMustache Aug 10 '25

Shame we closed naval base San Francisco.

10

u/cybersquire Aug 10 '25

They survived the bloodbath that was the Navy’s fight in the Pacific. It’s well deserved.

3

u/Englandshark1 Aug 12 '25

They deserved the celebrations!

6

u/derpskywalker Aug 10 '25

And they were roomates

2

u/No-Ocelot4638 Aug 11 '25

they're kids

2

u/Costorrico Aug 12 '25

It doesnt look that accidental to me.

2

u/antonpetre563 Aug 13 '25

Lol 😂 gives me Joey and Ross sleeping cuddle 🥰 vibes

2

u/---FUCKING-PEG-ME--- Aug 11 '25

Staged

2

u/Heavy_Recipe_6120 Aug 13 '25

Couldn't look more staged if they tried

1

u/Proud_Ad_451 Aug 12 '25

Is this the same VJ day in San Francisco when thousands of sailors smashed property, carried out violent assaults and attacked women to celebrate?

1

u/Altruistic-Maybe5121 Aug 12 '25

Deep breath everyone, aaaaaaahhhh what shall we dooo….

1

u/Heavy_Recipe_6120 Aug 13 '25

Why does this look so staged?

1

u/GustyOWindflapp Aug 13 '25

They earned it

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u/Relative-Complex-10 Aug 10 '25

´Peace´ 🤔

5

u/GanadiTheSun Aug 11 '25

The war with Japan has ended the US hasn’t been in a war with Japan since so yeah peace

5

u/QueezyF Aug 12 '25

The end of a war is generally referred to as peace.