laststandonzombieisland

Happy National Coffee Day!

Official wartime caption: “Marines Serving Coffee on Guadalcanal, circa 1942. THIS IS ‘JO’—-’ JO’ the Marines’ word for coffee, and coffee is dispensed by the barrelful to our fighting men on Guadalcanal.”

Note the coffee urns are GI trash cans, heated by gasoline (or avgas) drip burners, which were totally safe. Also note the cinched-down M1 helmets and gun belts, as Japanese attacks on Henderson Field were often and unannounced.