Peanuts by Charles Schulz for April 16, 1968
April 15, 1968
April 17, 1968
Transcript:
The World War I Flying Ace sits on the doghouse and thinks, "Here's The World War I Flying Ace over Pont-A-Mousson with the eighth U.S. aero squadron . . ."<BR><BR> The World War I Flying Ace thinks, "The time is 5:00 P.M. on November 3, 1918 . . . We are taking photographs at an altitude of 2200 meters . . ."<BR><BR> The World War I Flying Ace looks down and thinks, "Down below I can see the positions occupied by the ninety-second U.S. Army division, and two thousand yards to the north I can see the German positions . . ."<BR><BR> Snoopy smiles and thinks, "Have you ever in all your life seen such good research?"<BR><BR>
phreak91 about 12 years ago
Now if this is all historically accurate…
gamer2k4 over 11 years ago
And this was before the internet or the History channel, too. Shulz actually had to crack open some books and look this up.
dsukenick about 11 years ago
I love when Snoopy breaks the fourth wall.
alien011 4 months ago
November 3, 1918 was eight days before the official end of the war (November 11, 1918). Snoopy’s nemesis, the Red Baron Manfred von Richthofen, had been dead for almost seven months by then (he died on April 21st 1918).