Peanuts by Charles Schulz for February 15, 1986
February 14, 1986
February 16, 1986
Transcript:
The World War I Flying Ace lies in a hospital bed. Marcie smiles and says, "Bonjour, monsieur . . . How are you feeling today? I brought you a newspaper . . ."<BR><BR> Marcie looks at the newspaper and says, "I thought you might like to have me read to you . . . The war is still going badly . . ."<BR><BR> Marcie continues, "The troopship 'Leviathan' docked at Brest with ten thousand men aboard; four thousand of them had the flu . ."<BR><BR> Snoopy thinks, "Don't you have any comic books?"<BR><BR>
LadyBlanc about 11 years ago
Yeah, I don’t think the news during a wartime epidemic is exactly the uplifting thing a sick person needs to get his spirits up…
ootey over 6 years ago
What is happening to that round headed kid in Peanuts?
hkoussaya over 6 years ago
Aww. She’ll get to the comics in a few pages
alien011 over 3 years ago
This means that in his fantasies Snoopy now relives October 9 or 10, 1918. The Leviathan (originally known as the SS Vaterland, then after being seized by the US in 1917 as USS Vaterland, then renamed to USS Leviathan in 1918) arrived in Brest on October 8, 1918, with around 2000 men sick and 80 dead. 34 days later (on November 11, 1918) the “war to end all wars” ended.
Daeder about 2 years ago
Poor blighters!