1947 citing in Archie Comic of "butthole." What did it mean? (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

But not - curiously enough - the strip for April 2, 1947....

JL

On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:

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> Not so -- Syracuse has the original art of many strips:
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