Vintage Military - Part 79

 World War II in the Pacific

You've already seen multiple posts about World War II in the Pacific in my Vintage Military series.  Today we see some miscellaneous photos that weren't in previous posts.

Guadalcanal was covered in a previous post, but that post didn't include the photo above, taken by LIFE photographer Ralph Morse, of soldiers bathing in a stream in Guadalcanal in 1942 or 1943.

Someone colorized that black-and-white photo.  Here's the colorized version.

Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands was taken from the Japanese in February, 1943.  This photo of soldiers and marines bathing in the sea is dated July 12, 1944.

Here's an undated photo from Eniwetok showing Marines showering.

This photo is labeled "Naked men bathing in the Mariana Islands."  The Mariana Islands included Saipan, Guam, and Tinian.  Those islands were taken from the Japanese from June to August 1944.

U.S. forces retook the Philippines from the Japanese between October 1944 and June 1945.  This 1945 photo by LIFE photographer Carl Mydans shows Americans bathing outdoors who had been prisoners of war of the Japanese and were then rescued by Filipino guerrillas.

We end with three photos by LIFE photographer J. R. Eyerman of U.S. Marines showering in a Marine camp on an unspecified Pacific island in 1945.

I do not know if any of these photos by LIFE photographers were actually published in LIFE magazine.  Probably not.  The LIFE logo in the corner merely signifies that the photos were from the LIFE photo archive.

LIFE never published photos showing frontal male nudity, but it occasionally published rear male nudity.

Olympic Photos by Paul Richer - Part 6

 Olympic Photos by Paul Richer, Part 6

We continue our series of nude photographs by Paul Richer of athletes in the 1900 Paris Olympics.  Richer was on an official Olympic commission to study the athletes.  Richer was responsible for taking nude anthropomorphic photos of the athletes, and since it was an official commission, almost all the athletes who were asked to participate did so.

We start with British cyclist Jack Green, above.

Here are Paul Richer's photos of Green, front view ...

rear view ...

and side view.

Disclosure: I have removed yellowing from Richer's photos and brightened them.

This is Belgian cyclist Louis Grogna.

And here are Paul Richer's photos of Grogna, front view ...

rear view ...

and side view.

Truxtun Hare, above, was an American athlete who was an All-American football player as a student at the University of Pennsylvania.  While in college, he competed in the 1900 Olympics in the shot put and hammer throw, winning a silver medal in the hammer throw.

I only have one nude photo of him by Paul Richer, a side view.

Our last Olympic athlete today is German cyclist Anton Huber.

Here's Anton Huber, front view ...

rear view ...

and side view.

Next time: More Paul Richer Olympic athlete photos.

Performers - Part 74

5 Seconds of Summer 

5 Seconds of Summer, also known by their abbreviation 5SOS, is an Australian pop rock band.  Band members Luke Hemmings, Michael Clifford, Calum Hood, and Ashton Irwin were featured on the cover of Rolling Stone in 2016.

Although the group never performed nude in public, Calum Hood dropped his pants at a rehearsal in 2014, seen here with Ashton Irwin.  (It's hard to see, but Ashton has shorts on.)

Calum was pretty unashamed about nudity, as seen above ...

and here in the kitchen, with his discarded jockstrap on the floor.

Calum was not the only one to rehearse nude.  Above, Michael Clifford.

Luke Hemmings was also pretty unashamed about nudity.  Luke posted this image of himself at the Grand Canyon (above) as his Twitter profile pic before later deleting it.

Here's a selfie of Luke.

And this is said to be another selfie of Luke, though it can't be confirmed that it's him.

But Calum Hood verified that this is him exposing his tool.  He posted it on Snapchat in 2014.  He was 18 years old at the time.  When asked about it later, he said he was young and dumb (and presumably full of cum).

Photographers - Part 74

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Calendars - Part 74

Vellohomo

On the first of every month, the site Vellohomo posts an online calendar page (in Spanish) for that month.  Today we'll see some of the months for 2024.  Gracias, Franco!

Here's Mr. February.

Mr. March is uncharacteristically modest.

But not Mr. April.

And definitely not Mr. June.

Or Mr. July.

Mr. August shows us a different view.

Mr. September is downright romantic.

I think Mr. November is the same guy as Mr. September.  Now it's "Skip the romance – let's get it on."

Protests - Part 74

World Water Forum

The second World Water Forum was held in The Hague, The Netherlands, in March, 2000.  The Forum, run by the World Water Council, aims to raise awareness with decision makers and the public on water issues such as improving access to water supplies and sanitation around the world.

The Forum was attended by 5,700 people.  World Water Council president Mahmoud Abu-Zeid (at right) was speaking at the opening session of the Forum when two protesters took the stage.  They were protesting a dam project in the Basque country of Spain and proposals to expand private ownership of water supplies.

Well, that's one way to get publicity for your cause.