British Army Inadvertently Recreates 'Piper Perri Surrounded' Meme With D-Day Vet

Tuesday morning, the British Army posted a photograph of current army members standing behind 96-year-old Harry Billinge, one of the last living soldiers who participated in 1945's D-Day when Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy. Billinge is sitting on a couch, and here's what the picture looks like:

Sappers from @24CdoRE based in Devon paid a personal tribute to one of Britain’s few surviving D-Day veterans at a special event held in Cornwall on the 77th anniversary of the Normandy landings.

Read more: https://t.co/h6mwPMIgD6 #DDay77 #HarryBillinge pic.twitter.com/dRlyAmtad8

— British Army (@BritishArmy) June 8, 2021

Many will likely recognize that this picture looks very similar to a meme that was popular three years ago called Piper Perri Surrounded, an exploitable template starring pornographic actress Piper Perri surrounded by five Black actors on the set of their film Orgy Is The New Black.

If the NSFW meme is the first place your mind went to, don't worry: that's where everyone's mind went to.

UHMMM LOL https://t.co/dnB53Xtf7u

— Berry 🍓🍰🖤 (@bloodberry_tart) June 10, 2021

Wow, what a nice picture. pic.twitter.com/5oRlCQHYOE

— Catch these Washed Hands (@GSmarts9) June 10, 2021

Amazing! My brother would love to have been there, he was also in the armed forces pic.twitter.com/Shg3t62RLS

— HARBIN HARBIN HARBIN HARBIN HARBIN HARBIN (@guerrillarain) June 10, 2021

pic.twitter.com/3rVEfKtwXC

— Heauxletariat 🏳️‍🌈 🌹 🇵🇸 (@DerAnwalt83) June 10, 2021

The British Army has yet to comment on how their picture of a distinguished veteran resembles a pornographic meme.