Sunday, October 14, 2018

Private SNAFU in Going Home



A 1944 Army training film warns soldiers not to go home and tell everyone about our nuclear bombs, which we were keeping secret until we dropped them on Japan a year later.

4 comments:

WTM said...

Do your readers know the meaning of 'SNAFU' as use in this context?

Miss Cellania said...

I would think so.... if not, look here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNAFU

Andy said...

Warner Bros/Mel Blanc, surely?

Miss Cellania said...

Oh, you betcha! The character was created by Frank Capra, the script was written by Dr. Seuss, the director was Chuck Jones, and Mel Blanc did SNAFU's voice.