Members Of The Mission High School R.O.T.C. Demonstrating A Machine Gun

Well, I’m not sure what you expected to see:

Members of the Mission High School ROTC, San Francisco, Calif., demonstrate .50 cal water cooled machine gun for Jackie Walling, 340 Valencia, a member of the ROTC Band. (L-R) Larry Fifield, 72 Fair Oaks; Melvin Cook, 62 Santa Ynez Ave.; Neil Cook, 3517 16th St. These students are shown in their new issue uniforms which consist of ETO jackets in place of the old time blouses.

I love how it lists their addresses. You know, just in case you want to send any of them a letter.

The online SF Historical Photo Collection (AKA one the sources of Johnny0‘s power) has loads of sweet images like this.

8 Responses to “Members Of The Mission High School R.O.T.C. Demonstrating A Machine Gun”

  1. t-bone says:

    That is a .30cal browning water cooled.

  2. Bob Dole says:

    “Mowing down hipster douchebags and taking names!”

  3. Mission Mistaken says:

    The kids at Mission High use much more refined guns nowadays. And as for the new uniform…

  4. nedderweevil says:

    An interesting contrast: Web 2.0 pseudo anonymity vs. published names and physical addresses. I wonder how many douchbag comments would happen on missionmission if the posters knew that people could associate their comments with them in the real world?

    I’m going to guess 1950 for this photo. Does anyone know the date?

  5. Isope says:

    it is its relative rarity and level of demand that determines its value. as you can see from the list immediately above here, heart shaped ruby rings needn’t cost a fortune. time to actually read all the crap that they have done to us as a nation.