Cat With a Navy Medical Record

In 1944 a kitten named George (short for General Electric) was saved from drowning by a U.S. Navy crew member. George was the photographer and given a liberty card and dental health record. Source PHYSICAL EXAMINATION General Electric Sex: Male, Mash, Aug. 28, 1944 Color: Black P.S.N.Y. Name: PUSS Battleship NORTH CAROLINA There’s too much going on here Nationality: PUSSY Religion: CATCH Can’t see it. You worried? Nausea. No, but I smoke. I smell blood. Normal. Worries hell out of every thing. Battleship NORTH CAROLINA

A black-and-white kitten is presented alongside a 1944 U.S. Navy physical-examination form and identification details from the battleship USS North Carolina. The joke comes from treating an ordinary cat as a sailor, complete with an absurdly formal military record, while the comments emphasize how much bizarre information is packed into the image. It is shared as a reaction to something confusing, overcomplicated, or unexpectedly strange.

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