THE SOUTH ALBERTA REGIMENT

VETERANS ASSOCIATION

 

 

CARTOONS BY A MEMBER OF THE SAR

The following four drawings were by SAR Veteran John W Hodgins who joined the SAR on 1943/09/02.  The drawings were sent by his daughter Carol.  Thanks Carol.

 

 

The Best Ever Break Up letter !

A Soldier stationed in Europe received a "Dear John" letter from his girlfriend back home.  It read:

Dear Ricky, I can no longer continue our relationship.  The distance between us is just too great.   I must admit that I have cheated on you twice since you've been gone, and it's not fair to either of us.  I'm sorry.  Please return the picture of me that I sent to you.   Love Becky

The soldier, with hurt feeling, asked his fellow comrades for any snapshots they could spare of their girlfriends, sisters, ex-girlfriends, aunts, cousins etc.  In addition to the picture of Becky, Ricky included all the other pictures of the pretty gals he had collected from his buddies.  There were 57 photos in that envelope along with this note.

Dear Becky, I'm so sorry, but I can't quite remember who the hell you are.  Please take your picture from the pile, and send the rest back to me.  Take care,    Ricky

Contributed by Jack Porter

   Fifty-one years ago Herman James, a West Virginia Mountain Man, was
drafted by the Army.
 
 
   On his first day in Basic, the Army issued him a comb.
 
   That afternoon the Army barber sheared off all his hair.
 
   On his second day, the Army issued Herman a toothbrush.
 
   That afternoon the Army dentist yanked seven of his teeth.
 
   On the third day the Army issued him a jock strap.
 
  The Army has been looking for Herman for 51 years

 

A Veterans Hope

 

 

I hope there's a place way up in the sky

Where Veterans can go, when they have to die

A place where a guy can buy a cold beer

For a friend and comrade, whose memory is dear

 

A place where no doctor or lawyer can tread

Nor a Veterans Affairs type would ere be caught dead

Just a quaint little place, kind of dark, a little smoke

Where they like to sing and have a joke

The kind of place where a lady could go

And feel safe and protected by the men she would know

 

There must be a place where old vets go

When their pain is finished and their walk gets slow

Where the whiskey is old and once again we are young

And songs about war and comrades are sung

Where you see all the fellows you have known before and

They call out your name as you come through the door

Who would buy you a drink, if your thirst should be bad

And say to the others "He was quite a good lad."

 

And then through the mist, you spot an old guy

You have not seen in years and you realise that the past has

gone by

He would nod his head and grin from ear to ear

And say "Welcome buddy, I'm pleased that you're here,

For this is the place where veterans come

When their journey is over and the war has been won."

 

They've come here to be happy and get a good rest

This is heaven my son, you've passed your last test

 

 

By R.Craven

Located on an acoustical tile

Branch 82

Port Credit, Ontario

Canada

 

 

We thought it would be fun to have a few pages of humour in both cartoon and joke form.  Below are some cartoons of "Herbie !"  

These cartoons were first published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd and Dedicated to the

Canadian Fighting Man.  

Please feel free to send in both jokes and cartoons (in good taste of course !)

 

Useful military warnings

"Aim towards the Enemy."  Instructions printed on US Rocket Launcher

"When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend." - U.S. Army manual

"Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate.  The bombs are guaranteed to always hit the ground." USAF Ammo Troop

"If the enemy is in range, so are you." - Infantry Journal

"A slipping gear could let your M203 grenade launcher fire when you least expect it.  That would make you quite unpopular in what's left of your unit." - Army's magazine of preventative maintenance.

 

 

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Thursday February 07, 2013