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Saturday, June 27, 2009
Question
In Catch-22, I keep reading about men getting their "gums and toes painted purple" by doctors when they get injured. I talked to my dad and we figured it was some kind of medicine but we don't really know what? Any ideas?
I believe that was done so that the commanding officers knew who was injured and who wasn't. The paint didn't fade easily and they could distinguish those who were truly injured from those who were not. This is my take, but I'll look into it further.
I believe that was done so that the commanding officers knew who was injured and who wasn't. The paint didn't fade easily and they could distinguish those who were truly injured from those who were not. This is my take, but I'll look into it further.
ReplyDeleteok... its just weird placement for paint... lol
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