Post #60478 by martiki on Mon, Nov 17, 2003 6:49 PM

I wanted to start a new thread for people to share images and thoughts about how restaurants (particularly Vic's) adapted to WWII. I've got a couple of pix to post here, but I encorage everyone to contribute. TikiHula, if you could post some shots of that Bomber/Gremlin drink menu and if anyone has a picture of that great Vic's placemat with the "Dirty stinkers" on it, please post! (And I'll buy that placemat off anyone who has an extra...it's a holy grail item for me)

Here's a couple of pix from the September 4, 1944 issue of Life.

Note the PB2Y Gremlin....

Here's a shot of some service men and wahines enjoying a scorpion...

The caption on this one is "A B-17 Gremlin comes in a bowl adorned with gremlins chasing nudes around a tropic isle. Gremlin drinks vary in size: P-40 (for one), PB2Y (for two), B-17 (for four)."

And look! Vic smiling! This caption says, "During the Aleutian campaign he sent makings of hot buttered rum to US fliers."

[ Edited by: martiki6 on 2003-11-17 19:15 ]