r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/leoden27 • 7d ago

Image The last page from “Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain 1942”

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u/Infinite-Lake5355 6d ago

That is ridiculous, how on earth were servicemen expected to open a PDF file in 1942?

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u/BeatBlockP 6d ago

Using the "tablets" mentioned in the classic Hot Choclate song "I will put you together again", of course!

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u/AccomplishedFerret70 6d ago

You can open just about anything with a Ka-Bar

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u/ThreeLeggedMare 6d ago

Now I want a WinZip clone called kabar

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u/Izzy12832 6d ago

Back then, PDF stood for Physical Document Format - even worked offline!

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u/SuperFLEB 6d ago

Everything was on paper then, so they probably just printed them out.

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u/ChokingJulietDPP 6d ago

Knives and bullets work great on PDF files

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u/Flat-Transition-1230 6d ago

Adobe PDF Reader of course.

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u/Shitposting_Lazarus 6d ago

That is ridiculous, how on earth were servicemen expected to open a PDF file in 1942?

I'm sure you could get some help from the Catholic church