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To: ichabod1
dating to 1898, before submarines:

Not exactly. Origins of oohrah are debatable, if they fire up the boys, great. Your version might just get your head stomped into a pile of oohrah. 50-60s version from what I could glean from Marines of that era was 'Semper Fi, mac'. Claims no oohrah from Korean war.

367 posted on 02/08/2021 12:59:40 PM PST by xone ( )
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To: xone

I thought it probably came from rah-rah. I was surprised to find the first organized varsity cheer actually contained the words hoo-rah hoo-rah. Just kiddin’ about the devil dongs. You’re right I probably wouldda got beat up.


463 posted on 02/08/2021 4:26:56 PM PST by ichabod1 (#notmypresident #resisttyranny #resisttranny)
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