With the Olympics up and running, some of my students wanted to spend a little time discussing it. None of them are happy about where it’s being held, calling it the “genocide games.” (Personally I agree with them wholeheartedly.) Then one student asked me what I remember of the Olympics in the “old days.” Really? Define “old!” With that, it was time to get back to our discussion of Jackie Fisher and Dreadnoughts. But since this is a military history class, I did find some photos of men who were in the US military and competed in the Olympics–before even I was born. The students enjoyed, them, and I thought you might like them too.