[RexBeach]

How did that verse go?

“No mom, no pop, no Uncle Sam,

We’re the battling bastards of Bataan.”

God bless’em.

[VR-21]

"We're the Battling Bastards of Bataan, No mama, no papa, no Uncle Sam, No aunts, no uncles, no cousins, no nieces, No pills, no planes, no artillery pieces, And nobody gives a damn!"

This was written by Frank Hewlett, 1942. It reflected the bitterness the men of the 31st Infantry felt when they realized there was no help coming.