i think the way they have their hands intertwined along with the spooning kind of leads me away from that wrestling notion, but i might be wrong.

Look at the body posture of the guy in back. He's totally relaxed, leaning against the wall, with one foot up, and nuzzling the neck of the guy in front. That doesn't look anything like wrestling. It does look like deep, deep affection and attraction.

Yeah really looks like wrestling… what’s the interlocked fingers move called? 🙄

Yeah, I think this needs more explaining to convince me it's not something else either way.

They were friends. Pals. Two fellas being dudes. Or???!!! They were roommates 😏

Maybe. I think the guys are probably gay, but the girls arent as obvious. I wonder if this was posted by someone involved in the situation who knew more information then what we can understand from the picture

Could go either way. People are going to see what they want to see.

Just bros being bros...

Yes “wrestling”

With their fingers intertwined and his bum so snuggled into the other guy's front? Ha! Sure...just wrestling *wink*

You would have to say that in 1941.

Srsly?

Sure...lets call it wrestling...😉

Their fingers are interlocked

Sounds like someone whose in the closet n trying to hide the truth lol

They know who the photographer was. But nothing more. But there is this article, have only read a bit, dont know so much about this site: http://irreverentpsychologist.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-curious-case-of-two-men-embracing.html

Yeah... Guys always wrestle in a spoon position with interlocked fingers...

Okay, Negative Nellie, look at the photo. They young men are leaning against the wall. They are embracing, spoon style. Not wrestling.

The way that boy looks behind the other? Yeah that isn't wrestling my friend lol

I have to strongly disagree

Try reading The Boys of Boise..

With fingers intertwined.

Not holding hands like that; boys roughhousing would not be in a grip of that type.

pressing my wet face into my bro’s hot neck for uh (checks notes) wresting

Yes, with fingers interlocked as he thrusts...😆

😂😂😂😂 you tried

Aha, they're roommates. Or siblings, yeah.

"wrestling"

Yeah………. Right.

Is that a starting position they no longer use in wrestling?

The reason for that is that unless they themselves provide proof, historians don't assign labels.

It was a lot more socially acceptable for friends of the same gender to show physical affection for each other back then, before the anti-gay panic of later decades had a chance to set in. Look at all those photos of military guys enjoying R&R during World War II.

In '41 it would have been OK, "normal" even. In the 50's, everything changed.