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Guys-Damn it, pay attention to task at hand
Gotta laugh. WWII, a landing craft, beach landing, explosions in distance, in moments you will be fighting for your life. So what do you do? Pull out a map to go over landing assignments? Write a letter home? Pray? Hell no, you pull out a picture of Marilyn Monroe.
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Probably the most popular pinup artist of the era, Alberto Vargas was already a successful magazine and poster artist when he signed a contract with Esquire magazine to produce monthly pinup art in 1940. He worked with Esquire for five years, during which time millions of magazines were sent free to World War II troops. Vargas received piles of fan mail from servicemen, often with requests to paint ‘mascot’ girls, which he is said to have never turned down.
Unlike Gil Elvgren’s pinup work, Vargas’ female figures were always shown on a featureless plain white background. While Vargas Girls were clothed for the most part, their very thinly-veiled eroticism made Vargas and Esquire magazine the target of censors later in the war.
http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-famous-pinups.php
Unlike Gil Elvgren’s pinup work, Vargas’ female figures were always shown on a featureless plain white background. While Vargas Girls were clothed for the most part, their very thinly-veiled eroticism made Vargas and Esquire magazine the target of censors later in the war.
http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-famous-pinups.php
1940s, Colorado — The Army and the pin-up girl collaborate to teach the American soldier the essentials of map reading, one of the most vital phases of knowledge in any good soldier’s teaching. How it is done is demonstrated by First Sergeant Richard P. Bates of Lowry Field, who uses a “pin-up girl map” of Betty Grable as a visual aid in teaching the principles of map reading. The picture of the girl is divided into sections with lines, each of which is numbered, and by checking the lines on it, as on a real map, soldiers can locate any given spot— knowledge which in actual combat can mean the difference between life and death.
Had a big crush on him when I was 19. Of course, we shall not discuss how long ago.that was. 
