Military Day

It's military day, and we start with a shot that came to me cryptically labeled "Army Swim."

 

Laundry

These soldiers are doing their laundry in a small stream.

 

North Africa

I think these are U.S. GIs in North Africa drying off after a portable shower.

This may be by Eliot Elisofon, but my source didn't say.

 

Stray

I usually post these St. Mary's College Pre-Flight School pictures as full sets, but this 

particularly nice photo was a stray among today's generic military.  This fellow is older

 and beefier than the usual cadet, and his jockstrap has "Ackerman" stenciled on it.

 

Horse or man power?

These German troops are pushing an inflatable boat across a river, the horses just seem to be walking alongside.  When asked after the war why Germany lost, one high ranking general said,

"You had a million Dodge trucks, and we had two million horses."

 

Austro-Hungarian?

I really like this photo of military men having a swim, but it came with no information.

I have a hunch, however, that the caps of the uniformed men were Austro-Hungarian WWI.

 

Ledo Road

Bernard Hoffman took this photo of an American officer

along the Ledo Road during the Burma Campaign of 1944.

 

French

This tilted and blurry group are World War I Frenchmen.

 

Canadians

These men were among the 7,000 Canadians who volunteered for the Boer War, 1899-1902.

 

Initiation

This is a repeat from 2019, and it is believed to be 

some sort of U.S. Army barracks initiation rite.

 

Coming Attractions

In the next few weeks, the blog will be featuring men in gym shorts, the male nudes of Helmut Rottgen, 1950s men's pulp magazines, some recent finds by Earle Forbes, a whole lot of Irish for a certain holiday, and finally Physique Week beginning on March 30.  Stay tuned.

 

Nudist All Male Beauty Pageants

In their heyday, nudist resorts were always staging pageants and games competitions, and today we will look at the men's divisions of some of the former.  We begin with a group in front of a rundown cabin that looks like it was made out of shipping pallet boards.  If you think it looks rickety here, you should see some photos apparently made later when it was literally falling down.

 

Sun Valley

 This lineup was competing at the Sun Valley Gardens Nature Park.

I would give the win to the guy at far left whose number is illegible.

And if I win . . .

"And if I win the title of Mr. Barebottom Bungalows, I promise 

to work hard for world peace and to help the children."

 

Low budget

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Smiles

Our only color image of the day features a lot of smiles.

 

Audience

This is a rare nudist pageant photo in which the audience is shown, albeit from the back.

Apparently the contestants had to step forward and flex in turn.

 

All winners

I think any of these fellows might have been a winner.  Nice lineup!

 

Clap your hands for the winner

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Blurry

 Try as I might, I have been unable to find a clearer copy of this group.

Corn field

The nudist camp where our final pageant was held must have raided some farmer's corn field to deck out the stage.  This is a clearer version of a photo I posted a five years ago, btw.

 

Hairy Playgirl Models Day

It's Hairy Playgirl Model Day, and we start with a foldout poster 

of David White, Playgirl's Man for October in 1976.

 

Robert

Playgirl did a photo essay in April 1982 called Executive Men,

and a smirking Robert Trahan appeared in it.

 

Christopher

This is well known actor Christopher George slicing a watermelon in June of 1974.

 

Derek

Although not covered with fur, the pattern on Derek Tebo from April 1982 is enticing.

 

Daniel

Daniel Egger looks like he wants some company in this photo from April of 1983.

 

Marty

It was November of 1977 when Marty Wolfson and this horse showed up in Playgirl.

 

James

James Wilson posed by the water for the August 1982 edition.

 

Jeremiah

 A very hairy Jeremiah Shastid showed up in Playgirl in December of 1975.

Jeff

This is Jeff Southmayd from the July 1984 issue.

 

Doubtful

I have strong doubts about this photo that was in my Playgirl file labeled 70s.

It looks like it's from a Target photo spread, but searches came up blank.