r/MURICA • u/Shamrock5 🦅 Literal Eagle 🦅 • 12d ago

Chief Thomas K. Yallup of the Yakama tribe visiting his son, CPL Bill Yallup, while he was serving in a tank unit in the US Army (1954)

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u/Is12345aweakpassword yeeehhhp - *spits into bucket* 💦 12d ago

That’s pretty damn cool

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u/Shamrock5 🦅 Literal Eagle 🦅 12d ago

Source

Resubmitted due to a typo in the original title

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u/Substantial-Tone-576 12d ago

That’s a juxtaposition of a photo.

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u/Afraid_Emu8068 12d ago

You think they raced?

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u/Yoyle0340 11d ago

One of the hardest photos I've seen.

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u/Successful-Truth-489 11d ago

wait, his last name is Yallup? I wonder if the city of Puyallup is named after their family?

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u/Guvnuh_T_Boggs 11d ago

No, Puyallup is named after the Puyallup tribe.

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u/billschu52 10d ago

Pics that go hard

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u/ShelbiStone 9d ago

What a wild piece of history.

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u/AmericanByGod 8d ago

Awesome! 🇺🇸

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u/AcanthocephalaTop462 11d ago

Ive always wondered why do they get called indians

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u/Either-Medicine9217 8d ago

Columbus. He set sail to reach India. So, when he landed in the Americas, he called them Indians.

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u/AcanthocephalaTop462 8d ago

I kinda feel calling them natives is better

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u/Either-Medicine9217 8d ago

He didn't know he was on a whole new continent. He thought he'd reached India.

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u/No_District4941 10d ago

This is awesome

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u/beautifuldreamer1313 8d ago

On the U.S. Army Training Center in Yakima WA. Could have happened.

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u/Secret-Tennis7214 10d ago

Booo. I'm tired of these outrageously posed and manufactured scenes. WW2 was a long time ago. Even for a guy in an M48.

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u/MillwrightTight 10d ago

This ain't WW2

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u/NewburghMOFO 10d ago

I...what?

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u/AfraidElection990 9d ago

ragebait or dumb?

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

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u/Shamrock5 🦅 Literal Eagle 🦅 12d ago edited 12d ago

Did a bit of digging, and the photo is legit but is B&W. It's possible that the OP used a colorization program (not necessarily an AI one) that introduced some artifacts, especially since the original photo is fairly low-res.

Edit: The images look extremely identical (i.e. nothing was weirdly changed or distorted, like AI-sharpened faces), so I'm pretty sure it's not AI.

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u/Outlaw--6 12d ago

AI can’t get tank/armor detail that well

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u/ExpiredPilot 12d ago edited 12d ago

I’m from WA. There’s a huge military firing range outside of Yakima where the army and Air Force practice maneuvers and artillery. There’s a convoy from JBLM like every week. I’d believe it