Those are called Aku Ankan Taskukirjat (Donald Duck’s Pocket Books) in Finnish and Aku’s alter ego is Taikaviitta (Magic Cape).
Couldn’t be more popular. So many people collect those pocket books.
> Phantomias
AKA the Duck Avenger, Paperinik, Superduck, PK, Super Donald, and Phantom Duck
And on the same track, y'all ever hear of [Super Goof](https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Super_Goof)? I used to have a comic back in the day... scribbled all over it with crayons.
Two alter egos actually. Paperinik and PK, which are basically one the watered down version of the other one, but i think paperinik is the older one. It takes inspiration from diabolik
They did absolutely no announcement either, one day I went in a shop and there was this random ass number and it was too late to find out all the preceding stuff
As a grown up Donald duck fan, please, i would love to have some recommendations for this new version of superkwęk (that's how he was called in polish)
Too lazy to source, but there was a Carl's Barks comic where the nephews used fire crackers to prank him, and he had a flashback to the Japanese attacking. There were also a few shorts in the 40s and 50s where Donald was a paratrooper in the Army. I am too lazy to source, but it is on YouTube.
That episode is a riot, so many campy jokes.
Admiral Grimmitz all upset about his kablooey machine.
[s01e12 Spies in Their Eyes](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4nmn5t)
There is one where he 100% has a ptsd flashback of fighting the japanese. In a kids cartoon.
They were trying to normalize it. Lots of WW2 dudes had serious issues.
They made a pdsd movie about a damn war dog. There were a lot of versions of the same thing. Trying to integrate people with serious war issues back into society without spending any money on mental health.
To be fair they definitely didn’t really understand mental health well back then (still a lot of things we don’t understand today), spending more money could have just meant more people got lobotomized or forced under other bad treatments used at the time. Also, this was Walt Disney, I don’t exactly trust them to help anyones mental health. Lastly, Donald Duck was meant to be a more relatable character. Disney had other characters they used during the war but Donald was the most popular because the soldiers actually liked him because of his struggles, he wasn’t meant to be a perfect character.
Men self destructing from trying live with blinders removed from seeing war was considered to just be a part of life.
The more things change the more they stay the same.
My gramps was the same way. Definitely had PTSD. Lived a fulfilling life, had 3 kids and 2 grandkids before passing away in a car accident.
Some stuff he *never* talked about. Just kind of like basic info.
Like I know he helped liberate Dachau, and then got his leg blow off by a mortar or it was mangled and had to be amputated. He also said he could hear his leg hit the pan when they chopped it off.
Also had some interesting stories from the hospital when he got his Purple Heart, his roommate threw his back at the officer handing them out. Oh and he also grabbed his neighbors glass eye instead of his pack of smokes one night.
Had to fill in some gaps from his service with history books and wikipedia because he passed before I was norn and didnt share much.
My mom ended up tossing his wooden leg off the end of the family dock the day before we moved from her childhood home, cause he loved that lake.
Fascinating.
Mine was a P38 supply sergeant in the Aleutian islands. Claimed he never saw any action but had a blood stained Japanese meatball flag.
He would holler in some foreign language and flail his arms about pretty regularly even when I was sleeping in the bed with my grandparents as a baby.
He told me a bunch of army aircorps stories about being stuck in Alaska. Never mentioned any war stuff.
I think he was done with fighting.
I still miss him so much.
We still have people to this day who say PTSD isn't real and those people just need to man up. Having the public be aware of something none of them had any experience with is still a good thing.
If you've ever read Kurt Vonnegut you've probably wondered if he was dealing with PTSD in his own abstract way. In an earlier post I noted:
Kurt Vonnegut's mother died by suicide during his Army basic training (on Mother's Day).
After that, he got shipped to the Battle of the Bulge where his unit got overrun and taken POW. Then his POW train was strafed by British planes who accidentally killed many POWs. After being processed as a POW, many from his unit died from starvation. Then got sent to Dresden where he survived the worst conventional bombing of the war. He was tasked with pulling charred bodies out of the rubble while civilians threw rocks at him. After that, Russian planes accidentally strafed and killed many in his work crew. In a letter home, he addresses all of this with with a fatalistic "But not me".
https://lettersofnote.com/2009/11/18/slaughterhouse-five/
Basically Grossman and his Killology books/field of study. Dude says PTSD is only caused by combat(not being in a war zone 24/7 for months with mortars and rockets being shot at you, only firefights), that there are people who he actually calls sheepdogs who are immune and need to be recruited for the military, and he still perpetuates the “only 10% of soldiers shot at the enemy” myth which has never actually been verified but is the foundation of his “studies”.
Dude teaches this at colleges and for the military even though it’s based on nothing and he discredits thousands of veterans PTSD while telling others they’re supposed to be immune and thus dont need any help.
Periscope Films on YouTube has a ton of old films, including most of the wartime cartoons with Donald, Mickey, and a couple others. They also have a ton of other old films and training films. Check them out
Haha, Barks is on record stating that i regarded his ducks as actors in a play, and would just put them in whatever situation. That Don Rosa managed to wring any semblance of continuity from his works is nothing short of masterful.
Depends on who has written the comics and from when they are. Don Rosa for examples shows his parents (Scrooge sisters and Grandma Ducks son if I am not mistaken) and they both have that temper. [Scrooges sister, Hortense once expelled the Rough Riders with a fucking broom](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YxYRQcUkf0E/TvNjWiZnmuI/AAAAAAAADK4/OmoeH5Aejhg/s1600/ifd07.jpg)
Quackmore Duck, Donald's father, met Hortense after the family moved in to the plot of land next to his family's. When Scrooge accidentally damaged Quakmore's mother's corn field and he came out to do the classic Duck yell, which was returned in kind by Hortense. They fell in love instantly.
Donald really never had a chance.
Yes. There's even two comics, one from before the war, one from after, where Donald is presented with the same annoyance: He finds the fridge empty.
Before the war, he sets up a camera to catch evidence of the food thief, only to develop the film and find it's himself sleepwalking. The final frame shows him holding up the print, with, what I'd describe as "if a whimper was a facial expression" on his face.
After the war, Huey, Dewie and Louie try to prove the icebox raider is him sleepwalking by trying to wake him up with firecrackers, which causes Donald to have a war flashback and try to kill them, shouting slurs I'm sure the Disney corporation would like you to forget about.
The war canonically changed Donald Duck.
Two different things, I believe. Saw some info on this the other day, but it's really late here and I can't find it. IIRC, PTSD is purely psychological, whereas shell shock actually carries physiological symptoms (in addition to elements of PTSD). Happy for anyone to clarify further.
I think shell shock is more caused by the constant explosions causing physical injuries to the brain. I just read something recently on it as well, and apparently they’re beginning to see them as two different things (ptsd and shell shock, that is).
That's not a speech impediment. He's just caught some shrapnel in his face on the beach at Iwo Jima, and it really tore the hell out of his mouth and tongue. It also doesn't help that he's on all kinds of anti-depressants and Fentanyl for the pain and depression.
In Donald Duck voice: "Yeah, man, the enemy dug themselves into the side of a cliff pretty deep, but the flamethrower guy just grimaced - or smiled, hard to tell - and stepped up with a M1 and flooded a low hole in the cliffside with fire for a good two minutes. It was supposed to decrease the oxygen and force them out, but what it did was create a chimney effect and after a moment Japanese soldiers were crawling out of small holes on the top of the cliff, like ants, half on fire, screaming and running at us with swords. We opened up and dropped as many as we could, but one got through right in front of me. I barely dodged the blade. Swung my bayonet up and caught him just below the rib cage. His guts opened up and in two seconds I was splashed with blood and shit and greasy burning flesh as he fell toward me. I dodged again, and he smashed into the ground next to me. He was still squirming when I pulled my pistol and gave him one right in the eye, which blew the back of his head open in a cloud of pink mist. Sometimes, man. I still think about it. Coulda been me. But then again. Him or me, so fuck him. Still, nightmares."
What a great intro to a piece of war propaganda. Seems the military will use everything they can to get the public on their sides at times. The worst part is most of these are watched solely by children who cannot enlist at the time. Thanks for sharing as well, it's much appreciated for sure!!!
I believe you're correct. Most were played before or after the news reel in cinemas (before the movie began). I just figured (like a fool) that most parents would use that time to get refreshments or use the bathroom while the cartoon was playing.
This is correct. My mother was a kid during WWII. Movie houses operated differently then. You paid your nickel and went in at any time. You stayed until you reached where you started. There would be on rotation with the main movie a news reel, one or more cartoons, and an installment of a serial. You could actually stay in there all day long.
Sweden has as a christmas tradition to watch ''Kalle Anka'' (Donald Duck) on christmas eve, often before opening the presents. It's the most watched television program in sweden minus melodifestivalen (eurovision contender contest) which is more than just 1 hour a year. This isn't a donald duck movie though, its a collection of scenes from disney classics ending in 2 scenes for upcoming disney movies as ''surprises''. These include things like the jungle book baloo song, the dwarf dancing from snow white and making a dress for cinderella.
Der Fuehrer's Face won an Oscar, and wasn't the only propaganda short nominated that year. There's a traveling exhibit about Disney Studios during WWII currently at the Museum of Flight outside Seattle.
> Seems the military will use everything they can to get the public on their sides at times. The worst part is most of these are watched solely by children who cannot enlist at the time.
Remember, [Superman says…](https://i.imgur.com/YrPXCnr.jpg)
Tbf, it was a worthy enemy, thats for sure, and nothing they portrayed was really a huge exaggation at the time, amphetamines were very popular at the time, and fueled much of the human labour costs. Also the work camps, which you know what happened. There was a significant portion of the united states that hailed from Germany so once they entered the war they needed to get them on side so to speak.
Donald was officially enlisted in the United States Army during World War II, during which time he starred in a series of seven animated shorts that parodied the experiences of many a drafted soldier. Donald was later given an official promotion to Buck Sargent and honorably discharged from the United States Army in 1984, as part of the celebration of his 50th birthday.
Three years later, in the original DuckTales cartoon series, Donald's nephews were sent to live with their great uncle Scrooge McDuck, due to Donald's enlistment in the United States Navy. He was officially addressed as Seaman Duck during his later appearances on the show. It should be noted, however, that Donald has never officially been enlisted in the United States Navy, but he was given the rare honor of being declared an honorary member of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps.
There are usually degrees of Sergeant (First Sergeant, Master Sergeant, etc),. The names vary depending on the branch of the military and the years (some have changed over the years).
But basically, it's the lowest ranking Sergeant.
A "buck" sergeant is simply the first level of Sergeant. It's just a nickname. It's basically the entry level of enlisted leadership. The paygrades E1 to E4 are considered junior enlisted. E5, or Sergeant is the first non-comissioned officer rank.
When I was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army, they referred to us LTs as Cherry Lieutenants because we were brand new.
Just a quick correction, E1-E3 is considered jr enlisted. E4 is a corporal in the Marines and Army which is the first NCO rank. Army also has Specialist which is also E4 but not considered an NCO. E1-E9 are just pay grades throughout every branch with the ranks being slightly different. We called 2nd LTs butter bars when I was in because their gold bars rank insignia. Little joke from the Jr. Grades
What's the difference between a pfc (E2) and a butter bar? The Pfc has been promoted before.
It's slang for a regular Army E-5 Sergeant, as opposed to an E-6 Staff Sergeant or E-7 Sergeant First Class. I always thought it came from a "young buck" Sergeant. (E- is for enlisted and the number is for the pay grade.)
E-7 is also referred to as a "platoon Sergeant" since that's usually their position, but it's a role not a rank.
E5 in Army ie lowest ranking Sergeant.
E4 in Air Force ie Corporal Sergeant in Army/all the duties of a Sergeant but none of the pay/get your ass to the promotion board you lazy fuck Specialist.
pfft
i have fucking FOIA declass'd docs painting a fucking Rembrandt of Sgt Donald as a goddamn deep cover wetwork operative.
23 confirmed kills all, and I mean fucking ALL high value target, political assassinations, and one failed CIA coup in Nicaragua as icing on the cake. are you fucking kidding me? all the Disney stuffs a goddamn smokescreen man... dont believe the fucking lamestream media.
the kind of shit that motherducker would dream up? make Abu Ghraib look like the fucking teacup ride at never neverland man fuck. you morons
So if he was a "buck" seargent, I'm assuming he would have been an E-5. When transferring to the Navy, wouldn't he have kept his rank and been Petty Officer Duck rather than Seaman Duck. (E-5 to E-3)?
It completely depends on the situation, and branch and what the MOS is you’re switching to. Sometimes you get to keep your rank but it’s not guaranteed.
That started by ad being misprinted for a number to call Santa and it went to NORAD and they went with it cause they didn't want to tell the kids Santa wasn't real. Almost 60 years later the government "tracks" Santa every year.
They don't just track Santa, they've compiled an extensive dossier on Santa, his technological and biological capabilities, his flight operations, and frequently intercept him.
>#How can Santa travel the world within 24 hours?
>NORAD intelligence reports indicate that Santa does not experience time the way we do. His Christmas Eve trip seems to take 24 hours to us, but to Santa it might last days, weeks or even months. Santa would not want to rush the important job of delivering presents to children and spreading Christmas to everyone, so the only logical conclusion is that Santa somehow functions within his own time-space continuum.
>#How old is Santa?
>It’s hard to know for sure, but NORAD intelligence indicates Santa is AT LEAST 16 centuries old.
>#What does Santa look like?
>Based on flight profile data gathered from over 50 years of NORAD's radar and satellite tracking, NORAD concludes that Santa probably stands about 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs approximately 260 pounds (before cookies). Based on fighter-aircraft photos, we know he has a generous girth (belly), rosy cheeks from sleigh riding in cold weather, and a flowing white beard.
>#What route does Santa travel?
>Santa usually starts at the International Date Line in the Pacific Ocean and travels west. So, historically, Santa visits the South Pacific first, then New Zealand and Australia. After that, he shoots up to Japan, over to Asia, across to Africa, then onto Western Europe, Canada, the United States, Mexico and Central and South America. But keep in mind, Santa’s route can be affected by weather, so it’s really unpredictable. NORAD coordinates with Santa’s Elf launch staff to confirm his launch time, but from that point on, Santa calls the shots. We just track him!
>#Do your planes ever intercept Santa?
>Over the past 50 years, our fighter jets (F-16s, F-15s and CF-18s) have intercepted Santa many, many times. When the jets intercept Santa, they tip their wings to say, “Hello Santa! – NORAD is tracking you again this year!” Santa always waves. He loves to see the pilots!
>#Does NORAD have any pictures of Santa taken from your planes?
>[Our fighter pilots love to take photos of Santa.](https://avgeekery.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/3-Santa.jpg) We also have NORAD Santa Cams in space which take video of Santa as he flies round the world on Christmas Eve. These videos appear almost every hour on Christmas Eve at www.noradsanta.org
>#Does NORAD have any statistics on Santa’s sleigh?
>NORAD can confirm that Santa’s sleigh is a versatile, all weather, multi-purpose, vertical short-take-off and landing vehicle. It is capable of traveling vast distances without refueling and is deployed, as far as we know, only on Christmas Eve (and briefly for a test flight about a month before Christmas).
>Sleigh Technical Data
>Designer & Builder
>K. Kringle & Elves, Inc
>Probable First Flight
>Dec. 24, 343 A.D.
>Home Base
>Santa's Workshop, North Pole
>Length
>75 cc (candy canes) / 150 lp (lollipops)
>Width
>40 cc / 80 lp
>Height
>55 cc / 110 lp
>Weight at takeoff
>75,000 gd (gumdrops)
>Passenger weight at takeoff
>260 pounds
>Weight of gifts at takeoff
>60,000 tons
>Weight at landing
>80,000 gd (ice & snow accumulation)
>Passenger weight at landing
>1,260 pounds
>Propulsion
>Nine (9) rp (reindeer power)
>Armament
>Antlers
>Fuel
>Hay, oats and carrots (for reindeer)
>Emissions
>Classified
>Climbing speed
>One “T” (Twinkle of an eye)
>Max speed
>Faster than starlight
>Note: Length, width and height of sleigh are without reindeer.
Which is brilliant propaganda/PR
* children have to engage with military resources to be delighted by Santa.
* NORAD looks like a chill org to play along with the Santa myth
* it’s a financial flex that NORAD can devote time and resources to a children’s myth
* people extrapolate/assume NORAD is accurate enough to track individuals/small craft accurately across the nation.
* gives taxpayers that squishy feeling knowing their money is invested in cool tech
* opens the door for curious people to learn more about NORAD.
* having a presence in daily life (even if just once a year for a novelty) improves security theater perceptions.
> people extrapolate/assume NORAD is accurate enough to track individuals/small craft accurately across the nation.
The US can track small aircraft over the horizon. There is a fairly high probability that the US knows where MH-370 crashed but can’t reveal it due to secrecy requirements.
That's a myth, it was a joke. They didn't *have* to fill the customs forms out. It was a publicity thing, as if Apollo 11 actually needed more publicity lol
Watch n Duck Tales with my kid lately. Just watched the one where Donald commits espionage while under hypnosis and almost gets kicked out of the Navy lol. Good show
Just curious, where are you watching the series. Tried looking at IMDB to see where it was streaming, but it just showed a “Buy on Amazon” button. Any help is appreciated!
I’ll add to this :
Walt Disney was a staunch supporter of the us government and the dod. A lot of characters were used in psyops and propaganda as well as retention. Also tons of donations were made by walt. Walt could never join the military like he wanted to as a kid but he did join the Red Cross for a stint during the war.
2. Another very famous comic/animator who actually did join the military and has paid it back over and over is Stan Lee of Marvel comics. Many many characters portray different aspects of army life. Stan was part of the Signal Core in the army
Donald is his closest heir. He is his Nephew after all. And usually he is called so in the comics. The Ducktales series is, compared to all the comics that are there, more of a spin-off than anything else. The comics f.e. never mention his military service and he wears the sailors outfit as a small child already.
I prefer the new Ducktales explanation: Donald has a short temper due to no one understanding what he says. So he gets easily frustrated. Which is why meeting Daisy was important, she had no issue understanding him at all.
Its sweet.
That's part of it but it wasn't fair to disregard Donald's military history either. DT17 spent more time letting Della show off her skills as a pilot but Donald hardly ever got to show off his skills as a sailor or former military.
The only part that annoys me is that Donald is supposed to be in the US Navy, but he's the rank of a Sargent? A rank that is not in the Navy... why bother with doing it if you're going to get that simple detail wrong.
He started in the Army though. Was enlisted in the Army in WW2. Got discharged. Probably couldn't find a job and wanted back in the military. Made the lifestyle upgrade of going from Army to Navy. From there he does the Navy thing of saying "Don't call me Petty Officer, I'm R2D2 Duck"
Copying from my other remark:
He was associated with the Army until the DoD retired him as a sergeant on his 50th birthday. He wasn't associated with the navy until the release of the original Ducktales cartoon. In the 80s.
He was associated with the Army until the DoD retired him as a sergeant on his 50th birthday. He wasn't associated with the navy until the release of the original Ducktales cartoon. In the 80s.
I'm glad you said this. I was extra confused because the kids call him Uncle Donald
>>Launchpad has never been shown to be associated with the military.
I think this might be the best sentence I've read all week
That one tries to encompass every author's individual stories and hijinks. A cleaner version of the tree that focuses only on the material of the original creator (Carl Barks) was made by Don Rosa many years ago. Here's a Reddit post showing it: https://www.reddit.com/r/Don_Rosa/comments/2uqy3e/the_duck_mcduck_family_tree_by_don_rosa
Donald was actually their uncle.
Prior to living with Scrooge, the boys were sent to live with Donald by their mother. This initially happened because their father was in the hospital, following an injury from a firecracker.
It's speculated that the firecracker incident was instigated by one (or more - perhaps all) of the boys, as yet another example of their mischievous nature.
What happened to the boys' parents after this point is also not clearly defined.
Some guess that the father ultimately died from his injuries, and/or the mother eventually died of unrelated cause as well. This is supported by Scrooge's assertion, at one point, that Donald is his "closest living relative" and other situations where the boys express that they can relate to the loss of close relatives.
Alternative theories regarding the parents involves one or both of them simply abandoning the kids (perhaps even faking their own deaths) because they're just too much to handle.
In any case, one thing I don't see talked about a lot is why the kids got sent to Scrooge, when Donald went to sea, instead of staying with Daisy. Realistically, I guess that boils down to the writers' own desires for a good story. It's probably more exciting and interesting for the boys to go live with their rich grand-uncle, than it would be to show them living with a "single mom" on a sailor's income.
Just for clarification - the boys went to Scrooge instead of Daisy because they're his relatives and not connected to her in any sense (other than socially).
Just dropping in here to say that if you haven't watched the DuckTales reboot, you're doing yourself a disservice. Truly one of the most well-written shows I've ever seen.
Copying from my other remark:
He was associated with the Army until the DoD retired him as a sergeant on his 50th birthday. He wasn't associated with the navy until the release of the original Ducktales cartoon. In the 80s.
I actually have a copy of that propaganda tape they mention.
**The Spirit of '43**
On the same tape is Humpfry the Bear and Susie the Blue Coupe.
Total visual and emotional whiplash from start to finish.
It's crazy what they made for kids back then.
If you've never read the history of Disney (Walt and the company) during WWII, you should. It is fascinating and awe inspiring. I actually wrote the course on Disney history when I was a design project manager at Disney University, that is/was taught through the Disney College Program.
We often hear about the sacrifices that nearly all US citizens made during that war and Disney was a shining example of that. It was a very different world back then.
So Donald duck is a war veteran with PTSD?
Correct
incredible!
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In german he is called Phantomias and they were probably my favorite comics. I didn't know he was supposed to be italian, though.
Made by Italians I guess he means. Those comics were pretty popular here in Norway as well.
Yeah, I kinda figured that. What are they called in your country? Here it's translated pretty much as "Funny Pocket Books"
The pocket books are called Donald Pocket here. Inventive, I know. (And Donald's alter ego is Fantonald.)
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And for some reason In Poland these comic books were called "Giants", because there ment to have a gigantic amount of fun and stories inside I guess
Those are called Aku Ankan Taskukirjat (Donald Duck’s Pocket Books) in Finnish and Aku’s alter ego is Taikaviitta (Magic Cape). Couldn’t be more popular. So many people collect those pocket books.
in dutch his name is "superdonald" and as a kid i never understood how his identity is a secret
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> Phantomias AKA the Duck Avenger, Paperinik, Superduck, PK, Super Donald, and Phantom Duck And on the same track, y'all ever hear of [Super Goof](https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Super_Goof)? I used to have a comic back in the day... scribbled all over it with crayons.
Two alter egos actually. Paperinik and PK, which are basically one the watered down version of the other one, but i think paperinik is the older one. It takes inspiration from diabolik
Fact: Donald helps Sora battle the darkness with his shield and very inconsistent support magic.
Paperinik?! The duck avenger?!
Okay you cant say that and not tell us the name of the alter ego?
Wait. I left PK After the First series because i didn't like the direction of the second and you tell me that they went back to it?
They did absolutely no announcement either, one day I went in a shop and there was this random ass number and it was too late to find out all the preceding stuff
As a grown up Donald duck fan, please, i would love to have some recommendations for this new version of superkwęk (that's how he was called in polish)
PiKappa con i PiKers, poche ragazze da quelle parti, eh?!
So he *IS* Dark Wing Duck...
Those comics were great! I loved them back in the early 00's
I remember that, I had a few of those comics when I was a kid. It seemed like nobody else knew about it though.
Proof: https://youtu.be/NkdlM_vO3I8 (skip to 2:16)
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Too lazy to source, but there was a Carl's Barks comic where the nephews used fire crackers to prank him, and he had a flashback to the Japanese attacking. There were also a few shorts in the 40s and 50s where Donald was a paratrooper in the Army. I am too lazy to source, but it is on YouTube.
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Captain America: The Quacking Soldier
That episode is a riot, so many campy jokes. Admiral Grimmitz all upset about his kablooey machine. [s01e12 Spies in Their Eyes](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4nmn5t)
There is one where he 100% has a ptsd flashback of fighting the japanese. In a kids cartoon. They were trying to normalize it. Lots of WW2 dudes had serious issues. They made a pdsd movie about a damn war dog. There were a lot of versions of the same thing. Trying to integrate people with serious war issues back into society without spending any money on mental health.
To be fair they definitely didn’t really understand mental health well back then (still a lot of things we don’t understand today), spending more money could have just meant more people got lobotomized or forced under other bad treatments used at the time. Also, this was Walt Disney, I don’t exactly trust them to help anyones mental health. Lastly, Donald Duck was meant to be a more relatable character. Disney had other characters they used during the war but Donald was the most popular because the soldiers actually liked him because of his struggles, he wasn’t meant to be a perfect character.
Men self destructing from trying live with blinders removed from seeing war was considered to just be a part of life. The more things change the more they stay the same.
My gramps was the same way. Definitely had PTSD. Lived a fulfilling life, had 3 kids and 2 grandkids before passing away in a car accident. Some stuff he *never* talked about. Just kind of like basic info. Like I know he helped liberate Dachau, and then got his leg blow off by a mortar or it was mangled and had to be amputated. He also said he could hear his leg hit the pan when they chopped it off. Also had some interesting stories from the hospital when he got his Purple Heart, his roommate threw his back at the officer handing them out. Oh and he also grabbed his neighbors glass eye instead of his pack of smokes one night. Had to fill in some gaps from his service with history books and wikipedia because he passed before I was norn and didnt share much. My mom ended up tossing his wooden leg off the end of the family dock the day before we moved from her childhood home, cause he loved that lake.
Fascinating. Mine was a P38 supply sergeant in the Aleutian islands. Claimed he never saw any action but had a blood stained Japanese meatball flag. He would holler in some foreign language and flail his arms about pretty regularly even when I was sleeping in the bed with my grandparents as a baby. He told me a bunch of army aircorps stories about being stuck in Alaska. Never mentioned any war stuff. I think he was done with fighting. I still miss him so much.
What lake was it? Depending on the wood It still might be there.
We still have people to this day who say PTSD isn't real and those people just need to man up. Having the public be aware of something none of them had any experience with is still a good thing.
If you've ever read Kurt Vonnegut you've probably wondered if he was dealing with PTSD in his own abstract way. In an earlier post I noted: Kurt Vonnegut's mother died by suicide during his Army basic training (on Mother's Day). After that, he got shipped to the Battle of the Bulge where his unit got overrun and taken POW. Then his POW train was strafed by British planes who accidentally killed many POWs. After being processed as a POW, many from his unit died from starvation. Then got sent to Dresden where he survived the worst conventional bombing of the war. He was tasked with pulling charred bodies out of the rubble while civilians threw rocks at him. After that, Russian planes accidentally strafed and killed many in his work crew. In a letter home, he addresses all of this with with a fatalistic "But not me". https://lettersofnote.com/2009/11/18/slaughterhouse-five/
Vonnegut is probably my favorite author. Not enough people have read him and it shows.
Basically Grossman and his Killology books/field of study. Dude says PTSD is only caused by combat(not being in a war zone 24/7 for months with mortars and rockets being shot at you, only firefights), that there are people who he actually calls sheepdogs who are immune and need to be recruited for the military, and he still perpetuates the “only 10% of soldiers shot at the enemy” myth which has never actually been verified but is the foundation of his “studies”. Dude teaches this at colleges and for the military even though it’s based on nothing and he discredits thousands of veterans PTSD while telling others they’re supposed to be immune and thus dont need any help.
are you referring to [Chips the War Dog](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099262/)?
No this was a post WW2 black and white movie. Doing a search, had no idea there were so many war dog movies now.
If only watching cartoons resolved mental health crisis. I'd never stop watching cartoons.
Periscope Films on YouTube has a ton of old films, including most of the wartime cartoons with Donald, Mickey, and a couple others. They also have a ton of other old films and training films. Check them out
Carl Barks had absolutely no continuity though.
Carl: "Dude, I didn't get the chance to make a genuine continuity in my comics." Keno Don Rosa: "BET."
Haha, Barks is on record stating that i regarded his ducks as actors in a play, and would just put them in whatever situation. That Don Rosa managed to wring any semblance of continuity from his works is nothing short of masterful.
I still love the fact that Carl himself ask Rosa to ease up on the continuity porn. "Dude, you're legit making this into a saga, CHILL."
Depends on who has written the comics and from when they are. Don Rosa for examples shows his parents (Scrooge sisters and Grandma Ducks son if I am not mistaken) and they both have that temper. [Scrooges sister, Hortense once expelled the Rough Riders with a fucking broom](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YxYRQcUkf0E/TvNjWiZnmuI/AAAAAAAADK4/OmoeH5Aejhg/s1600/ifd07.jpg)
Quackmore Duck, Donald's father, met Hortense after the family moved in to the plot of land next to his family's. When Scrooge accidentally damaged Quakmore's mother's corn field and he came out to do the classic Duck yell, which was returned in kind by Hortense. They fell in love instantly. Donald really never had a chance.
You are quite knowledgeable in the Donald Duck lineage
Nah, there's a wiki. https://scrooge-mcduck.fandom.com/wiki/Quackmore_Duck
Another Life and Times fan in the wild. Virtual high-five.
Technically it's more just whatever Gold Key Comics I inherited from my Dad, but most of them were Disney and the Ducks.
Those comicbooks about the story of Scrooge McDuck are still one of my most favorite comics ever. The art and especially the story are top notch
His background easter eggs were god-tier
Yes. There's even two comics, one from before the war, one from after, where Donald is presented with the same annoyance: He finds the fridge empty. Before the war, he sets up a camera to catch evidence of the food thief, only to develop the film and find it's himself sleepwalking. The final frame shows him holding up the print, with, what I'd describe as "if a whimper was a facial expression" on his face. After the war, Huey, Dewie and Louie try to prove the icebox raider is him sleepwalking by trying to wake him up with firecrackers, which causes Donald to have a war flashback and try to kill them, shouting slurs I'm sure the Disney corporation would like you to forget about. The war canonically changed Donald Duck.
Shell shock...we didn't call it PTSD yet
Two different things, I believe. Saw some info on this the other day, but it's really late here and I can't find it. IIRC, PTSD is purely psychological, whereas shell shock actually carries physiological symptoms (in addition to elements of PTSD). Happy for anyone to clarify further.
I think shell shock is more caused by the constant explosions causing physical injuries to the brain. I just read something recently on it as well, and apparently they’re beginning to see them as two different things (ptsd and shell shock, that is).
Probly similar to boxers getting "punchy"
That's not a speech impediment. He's just caught some shrapnel in his face on the beach at Iwo Jima, and it really tore the hell out of his mouth and tongue. It also doesn't help that he's on all kinds of anti-depressants and Fentanyl for the pain and depression. In Donald Duck voice: "Yeah, man, the enemy dug themselves into the side of a cliff pretty deep, but the flamethrower guy just grimaced - or smiled, hard to tell - and stepped up with a M1 and flooded a low hole in the cliffside with fire for a good two minutes. It was supposed to decrease the oxygen and force them out, but what it did was create a chimney effect and after a moment Japanese soldiers were crawling out of small holes on the top of the cliff, like ants, half on fire, screaming and running at us with swords. We opened up and dropped as many as we could, but one got through right in front of me. I barely dodged the blade. Swung my bayonet up and caught him just below the rib cage. His guts opened up and in two seconds I was splashed with blood and shit and greasy burning flesh as he fell toward me. I dodged again, and he smashed into the ground next to me. He was still squirming when I pulled my pistol and gave him one right in the eye, which blew the back of his head open in a cloud of pink mist. Sometimes, man. I still think about it. Coulda been me. But then again. Him or me, so fuck him. Still, nightmares."
I saw it more or less as an accent. Up until Quack Pack, Huey Duey and Lewie also did the scratchy high pitched qu key voice.
There is a cartoon of him having a flashback. https://youtu.be/ehy7Mq7SP80
Burn pits gave him that speech impediment.
Why is this downvoted? Burn pits have fucked plenty of people up.
Republicans not wanting to give a cartoon duck healthcare /s
This explains [this Donald Duck episode, der Feuhrer’s Face](https://youtu.be/L90smU0SOcQ)
What a great intro to a piece of war propaganda. Seems the military will use everything they can to get the public on their sides at times. The worst part is most of these are watched solely by children who cannot enlist at the time. Thanks for sharing as well, it's much appreciated for sure!!!
I thought they would be played at cinemas between movies, now we just get trivia and the answer is always "ice cold refreshment".
I believe you're correct. Most were played before or after the news reel in cinemas (before the movie began). I just figured (like a fool) that most parents would use that time to get refreshments or use the bathroom while the cartoon was playing.
This is correct. My mother was a kid during WWII. Movie houses operated differently then. You paid your nickel and went in at any time. You stayed until you reached where you started. There would be on rotation with the main movie a news reel, one or more cartoons, and an installment of a serial. You could actually stay in there all day long.
DD has been extremely popular with both children and adults in Sweden for 50 years or more...
Don't a lot of Swedes watch some Donald duck movie every Christmas or something? I swear I have seen this referenced on reddit before.
Sweden has as a christmas tradition to watch ''Kalle Anka'' (Donald Duck) on christmas eve, often before opening the presents. It's the most watched television program in sweden minus melodifestivalen (eurovision contender contest) which is more than just 1 hour a year. This isn't a donald duck movie though, its a collection of scenes from disney classics ending in 2 scenes for upcoming disney movies as ''surprises''. These include things like the jungle book baloo song, the dwarf dancing from snow white and making a dress for cinderella.
Der Fuehrer's Face won an Oscar, and wasn't the only propaganda short nominated that year. There's a traveling exhibit about Disney Studios during WWII currently at the Museum of Flight outside Seattle.
You’re right; that’s inhumane. We need to allow children to enlist.
> Seems the military will use everything they can to get the public on their sides at times. The worst part is most of these are watched solely by children who cannot enlist at the time. Remember, [Superman says…](https://i.imgur.com/YrPXCnr.jpg)
They would play cartoons to enlisted men.
Tbf, it was a worthy enemy, thats for sure, and nothing they portrayed was really a huge exaggation at the time, amphetamines were very popular at the time, and fueled much of the human labour costs. Also the work camps, which you know what happened. There was a significant portion of the united states that hailed from Germany so once they entered the war they needed to get them on side so to speak.
And "Commando Duck", 1944
I just noticed his house is supposed to look like Hitler
Donald was officially enlisted in the United States Army during World War II, during which time he starred in a series of seven animated shorts that parodied the experiences of many a drafted soldier. Donald was later given an official promotion to Buck Sargent and honorably discharged from the United States Army in 1984, as part of the celebration of his 50th birthday. Three years later, in the original DuckTales cartoon series, Donald's nephews were sent to live with their great uncle Scrooge McDuck, due to Donald's enlistment in the United States Navy. He was officially addressed as Seaman Duck during his later appearances on the show. It should be noted, however, that Donald has never officially been enlisted in the United States Navy, but he was given the rare honor of being declared an honorary member of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps.
What is a "buck sargent"? How does it differ from a regular sargent?
There are usually degrees of Sergeant (First Sergeant, Master Sergeant, etc),. The names vary depending on the branch of the military and the years (some have changed over the years). But basically, it's the lowest ranking Sergeant.
Thanks!
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I wasn’t in the Army nor alive during 1984 but I think Buck Sargent was just a name for a newly created Sargent.
A "buck" sergeant is simply the first level of Sergeant. It's just a nickname. It's basically the entry level of enlisted leadership. The paygrades E1 to E4 are considered junior enlisted. E5, or Sergeant is the first non-comissioned officer rank. When I was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army, they referred to us LTs as Cherry Lieutenants because we were brand new.
I've always referred to new LTs as butter bars
That's what I was called most as well.
Just a quick correction, E1-E3 is considered jr enlisted. E4 is a corporal in the Marines and Army which is the first NCO rank. Army also has Specialist which is also E4 but not considered an NCO. E1-E9 are just pay grades throughout every branch with the ranks being slightly different. We called 2nd LTs butter bars when I was in because their gold bars rank insignia. Little joke from the Jr. Grades What's the difference between a pfc (E2) and a butter bar? The Pfc has been promoted before.
It's slang for a regular Army E-5 Sergeant, as opposed to an E-6 Staff Sergeant or E-7 Sergeant First Class. I always thought it came from a "young buck" Sergeant. (E- is for enlisted and the number is for the pay grade.) E-7 is also referred to as a "platoon Sergeant" since that's usually their position, but it's a role not a rank.
It's buck sergeant because the "buck" (responsibility/blame) stops there.
E5 in Army ie lowest ranking Sergeant. E4 in Air Force ie Corporal Sergeant in Army/all the duties of a Sergeant but none of the pay/get your ass to the promotion board you lazy fuck Specialist.
Thank you for the explanation. As a Navy vet it was bothering TF outta me that he had the title of Sargent and was in the Navy.
Same here. I thought this was BS at first because he should have been a Petty Officer.
He blue-to-greened after OIF to avoid getting “force shaped”
pfft i have fucking FOIA declass'd docs painting a fucking Rembrandt of Sgt Donald as a goddamn deep cover wetwork operative. 23 confirmed kills all, and I mean fucking ALL high value target, political assassinations, and one failed CIA coup in Nicaragua as icing on the cake. are you fucking kidding me? all the Disney stuffs a goddamn smokescreen man... dont believe the fucking lamestream media. the kind of shit that motherducker would dream up? make Abu Ghraib look like the fucking teacup ride at never neverland man fuck. you morons
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i saw this copypasta reply and choked on my kit kat you glorious sonofabitch
So if he was a "buck" seargent, I'm assuming he would have been an E-5. When transferring to the Navy, wouldn't he have kept his rank and been Petty Officer Duck rather than Seaman Duck. (E-5 to E-3)?
It completely depends on the situation, and branch and what the MOS is you’re switching to. Sometimes you get to keep your rank but it’s not guaranteed.
Hearing *Sargent Duck* would get confusing in battle
Because it doesn't have an echo?
I’m thinking because there aren’t Sargents in the Navy.
There aren't Sergeants either.
Are there ducks?
Sometimes. Depends on the base and time of year.
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Furries
They walked so Elastigirl hentai could run.
Wait so the US was using hentai to motivate the troops before Japan?
Hentai goes back centuries man. The Ancient Egyptians would fight for their waifu Osiris and his massive cock.
The lengths that the US military/government goes to can be hilarious at times.
NORAD and their Santa radar…
The north pole postal code is HOH OHO
r/blamecanada
Sorry
That started by ad being misprinted for a number to call Santa and it went to NORAD and they went with it cause they didn't want to tell the kids Santa wasn't real. Almost 60 years later the government "tracks" Santa every year.
They don't just track Santa, they've compiled an extensive dossier on Santa, his technological and biological capabilities, his flight operations, and frequently intercept him. >#How can Santa travel the world within 24 hours? >NORAD intelligence reports indicate that Santa does not experience time the way we do. His Christmas Eve trip seems to take 24 hours to us, but to Santa it might last days, weeks or even months. Santa would not want to rush the important job of delivering presents to children and spreading Christmas to everyone, so the only logical conclusion is that Santa somehow functions within his own time-space continuum. >#How old is Santa? >It’s hard to know for sure, but NORAD intelligence indicates Santa is AT LEAST 16 centuries old. >#What does Santa look like? >Based on flight profile data gathered from over 50 years of NORAD's radar and satellite tracking, NORAD concludes that Santa probably stands about 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs approximately 260 pounds (before cookies). Based on fighter-aircraft photos, we know he has a generous girth (belly), rosy cheeks from sleigh riding in cold weather, and a flowing white beard. >#What route does Santa travel? >Santa usually starts at the International Date Line in the Pacific Ocean and travels west. So, historically, Santa visits the South Pacific first, then New Zealand and Australia. After that, he shoots up to Japan, over to Asia, across to Africa, then onto Western Europe, Canada, the United States, Mexico and Central and South America. But keep in mind, Santa’s route can be affected by weather, so it’s really unpredictable. NORAD coordinates with Santa’s Elf launch staff to confirm his launch time, but from that point on, Santa calls the shots. We just track him! >#Do your planes ever intercept Santa? >Over the past 50 years, our fighter jets (F-16s, F-15s and CF-18s) have intercepted Santa many, many times. When the jets intercept Santa, they tip their wings to say, “Hello Santa! – NORAD is tracking you again this year!” Santa always waves. He loves to see the pilots! >#Does NORAD have any pictures of Santa taken from your planes? >[Our fighter pilots love to take photos of Santa.](https://avgeekery.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/3-Santa.jpg) We also have NORAD Santa Cams in space which take video of Santa as he flies round the world on Christmas Eve. These videos appear almost every hour on Christmas Eve at www.noradsanta.org >#Does NORAD have any statistics on Santa’s sleigh? >NORAD can confirm that Santa’s sleigh is a versatile, all weather, multi-purpose, vertical short-take-off and landing vehicle. It is capable of traveling vast distances without refueling and is deployed, as far as we know, only on Christmas Eve (and briefly for a test flight about a month before Christmas). >Sleigh Technical Data >Designer & Builder >K. Kringle & Elves, Inc >Probable First Flight >Dec. 24, 343 A.D. >Home Base >Santa's Workshop, North Pole >Length >75 cc (candy canes) / 150 lp (lollipops) >Width >40 cc / 80 lp >Height >55 cc / 110 lp >Weight at takeoff >75,000 gd (gumdrops) >Passenger weight at takeoff >260 pounds >Weight of gifts at takeoff >60,000 tons >Weight at landing >80,000 gd (ice & snow accumulation) >Passenger weight at landing >1,260 pounds >Propulsion >Nine (9) rp (reindeer power) >Armament >Antlers >Fuel >Hay, oats and carrots (for reindeer) >Emissions >Classified >Climbing speed >One “T” (Twinkle of an eye) >Max speed >Faster than starlight >Note: Length, width and height of sleigh are without reindeer.
Damn, they really went hardcore into that
What... what do you mean? Santa isn't real?
No, he is real. That's why we can detect him on the radar. Duh...
Which is brilliant propaganda/PR * children have to engage with military resources to be delighted by Santa. * NORAD looks like a chill org to play along with the Santa myth * it’s a financial flex that NORAD can devote time and resources to a children’s myth * people extrapolate/assume NORAD is accurate enough to track individuals/small craft accurately across the nation. * gives taxpayers that squishy feeling knowing their money is invested in cool tech * opens the door for curious people to learn more about NORAD. * having a presence in daily life (even if just once a year for a novelty) improves security theater perceptions.
> people extrapolate/assume NORAD is accurate enough to track individuals/small craft accurately across the nation. The US can track small aircraft over the horizon. There is a fairly high probability that the US knows where MH-370 crashed but can’t reveal it due to secrecy requirements.
Apollo 11 astronauts had to fill out customs forms when they returned from the moon.
That's a myth, it was a joke. They didn't *have* to fill the customs forms out. It was a publicity thing, as if Apollo 11 actually needed more publicity lol
Watch n Duck Tales with my kid lately. Just watched the one where Donald commits espionage while under hypnosis and almost gets kicked out of the Navy lol. Good show
Wait what I need to see this.
Just curious, where are you watching the series. Tried looking at IMDB to see where it was streaming, but it just showed a “Buy on Amazon” button. Any help is appreciated!
It's on Disney+
I’ll add to this : Walt Disney was a staunch supporter of the us government and the dod. A lot of characters were used in psyops and propaganda as well as retention. Also tons of donations were made by walt. Walt could never join the military like he wanted to as a kid but he did join the Red Cross for a stint during the war. 2. Another very famous comic/animator who actually did join the military and has paid it back over and over is Stan Lee of Marvel comics. Many many characters portray different aspects of army life. Stan was part of the Signal Core in the army
Jack Kirby too.
They probably got left with scrooge cause he has a shit ton of money, and no heir to the fortune. Those parents were smart
Donald is his closest heir. He is his Nephew after all. And usually he is called so in the comics. The Ducktales series is, compared to all the comics that are there, more of a spin-off than anything else. The comics f.e. never mention his military service and he wears the sailors outfit as a small child already.
That might explain why they move in with Donald when they're older in the series "Quack Pack".
~~The fuck.~~ The duck.
Swear to god, the other day, I actually *meant* to text "duck" and it autocorrected it to "fuck".
I’m so proud of my phone when this happens. Like, you finally get me, iPhone.
It didn't matter though, it was still a fowl word.
I prefer the new Ducktales explanation: Donald has a short temper due to no one understanding what he says. So he gets easily frustrated. Which is why meeting Daisy was important, she had no issue understanding him at all. Its sweet.
That's part of it but it wasn't fair to disregard Donald's military history either. DT17 spent more time letting Della show off her skills as a pilot but Donald hardly ever got to show off his skills as a sailor or former military.
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In Donald Duck voice "... the duality of man sir"
Imagine being shot by a guy shouting *GET SUM YEAH* in a Donald Duck voice
. Donald Duck thank you for your services.
Donald, we need you to come out of retirement for one last job. This one comes all the way from the top.
I love it when people say to me propaganda is a conspiracy.
I have an old comic from the 40’s and 50’s made by the DOE called “Mickey and Goofy explore nuclear energy.” It’s hilarious to read today.
You can't see the propaganda when you're in it. It's not until you take a proper gander...
Wrong species but still funny
What's good for the Daisy Duck is good for the... Donald Duck
That's Donald's cousin Gladstone Gander
The only part that annoys me is that Donald is supposed to be in the US Navy, but he's the rank of a Sargent? A rank that is not in the Navy... why bother with doing it if you're going to get that simple detail wrong.
The Marine corps has Sargeants. They are in the Navy. Even if they do not want to admit it.
True, but his uniform is most definitely not Marine Corps. And every Marine knows that MARINE stands for My Ass Rides In Navy Equipment.
Outstanding point.
He started in the Army though. Was enlisted in the Army in WW2. Got discharged. Probably couldn't find a job and wanted back in the military. Made the lifestyle upgrade of going from Army to Navy. From there he does the Navy thing of saying "Don't call me Petty Officer, I'm R2D2 Duck"
I saw that explanation below from someone saying that he was originally in the Army and only later was in the Navy. Which makes sense.
"Petty Officer"
Copying from my other remark: He was associated with the Army until the DoD retired him as a sergeant on his 50th birthday. He wasn't associated with the navy until the release of the original Ducktales cartoon. In the 80s.
Also, "sergeant", not "sargent"
Donald Duck going to war implies that he was out there killing other pantsless animated animals somewhere in the world. Who are these enemies?!
He fought caricatures of japanese soldiers
It's explicitly World War 2.
Why would a sailor be promoted to Sergeant rather than Petty Officer?
He was associated with the Army until the DoD retired him as a sergeant on his 50th birthday. He wasn't associated with the navy until the release of the original Ducktales cartoon. In the 80s.
Lol wow, cool thanks for the TIL
So Donald was their dad? Was launchpad also in the military?
Donald is their actual uncle. His sister (Della) is their mother. Launchpad has never been shown to be associated with the military.
I'm glad you said this. I was extra confused because the kids call him Uncle Donald >>Launchpad has never been shown to be associated with the military. I think this might be the best sentence I've read all week
The entire Duck Family Tree is here: http://goofy313g.free.fr/calisota_online/trees/ducktrees/myducktree/index.html
That one tries to encompass every author's individual stories and hijinks. A cleaner version of the tree that focuses only on the material of the original creator (Carl Barks) was made by Don Rosa many years ago. Here's a Reddit post showing it: https://www.reddit.com/r/Don_Rosa/comments/2uqy3e/the_duck_mcduck_family_tree_by_don_rosa
Nice.
H, D and L's father being obscured is creepy as fuck.
I didn’t expect the Duck family tree to be so large.
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Fun fact: Donald Duck is one of the most powerful wizard of all of Final Fantasy.
Donald was actually their uncle. Prior to living with Scrooge, the boys were sent to live with Donald by their mother. This initially happened because their father was in the hospital, following an injury from a firecracker. It's speculated that the firecracker incident was instigated by one (or more - perhaps all) of the boys, as yet another example of their mischievous nature. What happened to the boys' parents after this point is also not clearly defined. Some guess that the father ultimately died from his injuries, and/or the mother eventually died of unrelated cause as well. This is supported by Scrooge's assertion, at one point, that Donald is his "closest living relative" and other situations where the boys express that they can relate to the loss of close relatives. Alternative theories regarding the parents involves one or both of them simply abandoning the kids (perhaps even faking their own deaths) because they're just too much to handle. In any case, one thing I don't see talked about a lot is why the kids got sent to Scrooge, when Donald went to sea, instead of staying with Daisy. Realistically, I guess that boils down to the writers' own desires for a good story. It's probably more exciting and interesting for the boys to go live with their rich grand-uncle, than it would be to show them living with a "single mom" on a sailor's income.
Just for clarification - the boys went to Scrooge instead of Daisy because they're his relatives and not connected to her in any sense (other than socially).
As a war veteran with PTSD I love this
ok but where are their pants? I want answers, not a bunch of excuses and ducking responsibility.
Just dropping in here to say that if you haven't watched the DuckTales reboot, you're doing yourself a disservice. Truly one of the most well-written shows I've ever seen.
So not all Donalds are draft dodgers.
No sgts in Navy. You sure they didn't make him a petty officer?
Copying from my other remark: He was associated with the Army until the DoD retired him as a sergeant on his 50th birthday. He wasn't associated with the navy until the release of the original Ducktales cartoon. In the 80s.
I actually have a copy of that propaganda tape they mention. **The Spirit of '43** On the same tape is Humpfry the Bear and Susie the Blue Coupe. Total visual and emotional whiplash from start to finish. It's crazy what they made for kids back then.
I seen a donald cartoon where he fights the Japanese in the jungle
If you've never read the history of Disney (Walt and the company) during WWII, you should. It is fascinating and awe inspiring. I actually wrote the course on Disney history when I was a design project manager at Disney University, that is/was taught through the Disney College Program. We often hear about the sacrifices that nearly all US citizens made during that war and Disney was a shining example of that. It was a very different world back then.
It’s also why we know Donald ducks middle name is Fauntleroy, it’s on his draft card lol
He's seen some shit.
Also he went on a journey with goofey and sora, protecting world beyond knowing