When I was little I used to think the Salvation Army was a real army (like the U.S. Army) and all the stores (I had never been inside one) were like PX's
for civilians. I have no idea why I thought this since neither of my parents were in the military.
A childhood belief about going shopping

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the salvation army was an actual army.Anon
- I thought there were only four ranks in the army: private, corporal, Seargeant, and General— Alberto Richardson
- My dad thought when he was little, rain was caused by army guys in the clouds with rain guns. — Daughter of the Weird
- German tiger tanks shot out tigers, the invading army would get mauled to death by all the tigers— Bob
- I thought there was no midnight in military time; instead, it’d be 24:00.— Enrico
- I used to believe that the "shark mouth" nose art painted on military planes was to scare enemy pilots away.Anon