Grab the Joe pot, boys (but never wash the cup)

A kapok-clad crewman on the Sims-class destroyer USS Wainwright (DD 419) brings coffee to the open bridge during the escort for the ill-fated Arctic Convoy PQ-17, July 1942. LIFE Magazine Archives – Frank Scherschel Photographer. LIFE Magazine Archives – Frank Scherschel Photographer. Various events have been held, called Coffee Day or National Coffee Day, with many of these on or around September 29. Cups up, gents.