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To: Manly Warrior

“The Army goes rolling along”

I spent 32 years in the U.S. Army and we have the worst service song by a country mile.

1) They stole the tune from the “Caisson Song” of the Field Artillery

2) They added inane lyrics to fit that tune that scream “designed by committee”

3) The only reason we have an Army song was bureaucratic envy of the other services back in the 1950s.

Every time they play it I sing the lyrics to the “Caisson Song” (I’m a Field Artilleryman by trade) out of a combination of spite and determination to reclaim stolen property.


7 posted on 06/14/2018 4:13:33 AM PDT by drop 50 and fire for effect ("Work relentlessly, accomplish much, remain in the background, and be more than you seem.")
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To: drop 50 and fire for effect

Ditto.


10 posted on 06/14/2018 5:02:37 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: drop 50 and fire for effect

Another 32-year vet of the Field Artillery.

Give us back our damned song!


11 posted on 06/14/2018 5:43:23 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (The Democrats in California want another civil war over cheap labor!)
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