US Navy Humor

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Cool! I have the manuals and haven't come across that yet!

Pretty racist by today's standards, but mild for the times, and pretty funny taken in context.

Do you have ONI 208-J (Revised)? That's where it came from.

Yeah, it would come across as racist today, but Americans have pretty much always come up with ways to make fun of their enemies, whether in jest or malice. That cartoon is just another reference to that trend.