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US 7th Cavalry Closes to 160 Miles South of Baghdad
CNN ^ | March 22, 2003 | Paula Zahn

Posted on 03/22/2003 10:05:42 AM PST by ewing

Edited on 04/29/2004 2:02:16 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

CNN saying troops are making good time, ignoring smaller towns in the run to Baghdad ..


(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; US: District of Columbia; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: 7thcalvary; 7thcavalry; army; baghdad; cnn; roadtobaghdad; surrounded; troopmovement; us7thcavalry; warlist
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To: Celtjew Libertarian; ALOHA RONNIE
THE SPITIT OF RICK RESCORLA IS RIDING WITH THE 7th CAV TODAY!

Read about this WTC and American Hero here: The Bravest Man I Ever Knew

Let Bacchus' sons be not dismayed
But join with me, each jovial blade
Come, drink and sing and lend your aid
To help me with the chorus:

Instead of spa, we'll drink brown ale
And pay the reckoning on the nail;
No man for debt shall go to jail
From Garryowen in glory.

We'll beat the bailiffs out of fun,
We'll make the mayor and sheriffs run
We are the boys no man dares dun
If he regards a whole skin.

Chorus

Our hearts so stout have got no fame
For soon 'tis known from whence we came
Where'er we go they fear the name
Of Garryowen in glory.
Chorus

Garry Owen was the unofficial marching song of the Seventh Cavalry. Gen. Custer reportedly heard the song among his Irish troop and liked it. The tune was then played so often the 7th became tied to it
21 posted on 03/22/2003 10:58:25 AM PST by Gamecock (If you have to be one, BE A BIG RED ONE!)
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To: SandRat
Garry Owen
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Lyrics
Garry Owen was the unofficial marching song of the Seventh Cavalry. Gen. Custer reportedly heard the song among his Irish troop and liked it. The tune was then played so often the 7th became tied to it.

The tune is first documented as Auld Bessy in 1788. It was later (1800) in the opera Harlequin Amulet (the Majic of Mona). About that time it was attributed to "Jackson of Cork" by a book of Country Dances by William Campbell. It also appeared in part two (1802) of Nathaniel Gow's four volume Complete Repository of the Original Scotch Slow Tunes.

Thomas Moore also wrote a set of lyrics to the tune The Daughters of Erin.

Let Bacchus' sons be not dismayed
But join with me, each jovial blade
Come, drink and sing and lend your aid
To help me with the chorus:

Chorus
Instead of spa, we'll drink brown ale
And pay the reckoning on the nail;
No man for debt shall go to jail
From Garryowen in glory.

We'll beat the bailiffs out of fun,
We'll make the mayor and sheriffs run
We are the boys no man dares dun
If he regards a whole skin.

Chorus

Our hearts so stout have got no fame
For soon 'tis known from whence we came
Where'er we go they fear the name
Of Garryowen in glory.
Chorus
Related Links
Information from:
Bruce Olsen's Roots of Folk Website
Information on Garry Owen is in the Early Irish Tunes Index.


22 posted on 03/22/2003 10:58:44 AM PST by COBOL2Java
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To: ewing
If you aint Cav....you ain't Sh*#
23 posted on 03/22/2003 11:08:13 AM PST by JayP56
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To: x1stcav
3rd of the 7th has been 3ID's Div Cav Squadron for decades.
24 posted on 03/22/2003 11:13:16 AM PST by Cannoneer No. 4 (Nothing is more destructive than the charge of artillery on a crowd.)
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To: Gamecock
gotta love it..
25 posted on 03/22/2003 11:14:50 AM PST by ewing
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To: ewing; *war_list; W.O.T.; 11th_VA; Libertarianize the GOP; Free the USA; knak; MadIvan; ...
OFFICIAL BUMP(TOPIC)LIST
26 posted on 03/22/2003 11:56:30 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Where is Saddam?)
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To: ewing
I don't see a problem with sandstorms.
Sandstorms won't do much to tanks or Bradleys.
Hmmvw's, though, might have some trouble.
The column will end up in disarray due to limited vis, and the humvees might get run down by tanks, but that's part of teh job.
It's a risk that soldiers take.
It's a risk I'd take if I was still in uniform.
27 posted on 03/22/2003 12:15:41 PM PST by Darksheare (Nox aeternus en pax.)
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To: Travis McGee; Gamecock; Mr.Clark; goldstategop; bert; AnAmericanMother; ewing
NEVER FORGET

...U.S. 7th Cavalry =

...Opening Days of Vietnam War =


'RONNIE GUYER PHOTO COLLECTION'

http://www.LZXRAY.com/guyer_collection.htm

GARRY OWEN, Sir


Signed:..ALOHA RONNIE Guyer, HHC 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry / Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.LZXRAY.com

NEVER FORGET
28 posted on 03/22/2003 12:56:31 PM PST by ALOHA RONNIE (Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.LZXRAY.com ..)
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To: Cannoneer No. 4
I thought this was the case. I was thrown off with a post showing a CNN freeze frame that has the 1st Cav division patch superimposed. Thanks for clearing this up.
29 posted on 03/22/2003 1:01:08 PM PST by x1stcav (HooAhh!)
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To: bert

30 posted on 03/22/2003 1:52:49 PM PST by houstonian (The Liberal and his conceit--a vicious cycle.)
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To: Mr.Clark
You could tell by the video that the vehicles (regardless of which channel one watched) were going 35-45 miles per hour. They were hauling BUTT! Now, do the math: Baghada was only about 350 miles from the Kuwaiti border. I know some of these units swung far out into the desert, but they should be ON TOP of Baghdad by now at that clip.
31 posted on 03/22/2003 2:07:22 PM PST by LS
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To: AnAmericanMother
Cavalry, from the same root word that forms the French word "cheval" for horse.

Calvary is a hill in Jerusalem.

32 posted on 03/22/2003 2:12:10 PM PST by Kevin Curry
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To: ewing
Garry Owen!
33 posted on 03/22/2003 2:14:33 PM PST by Spangler
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To: houstonian
Thanks for the map..... what is the url?

One of my Eagle Scouts and his wife are both pilots in this unit.... Keepin an eye on them....

34 posted on 03/22/2003 2:17:48 PM PST by bert (Don't Panic !)
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To: bert
URL is http: //www.efreedomnews.com/images/Iraq/iraq_attack_options_map485.gif

If you right click an image, select "Properties" the URL is displayed.

35 posted on 03/22/2003 2:34:21 PM PST by houstonian (The Liberal and his conceit--a vicious cycle.)
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To: demlosers
They were saying that this would be the plan all along. It makes sense considering that most of the Iraqi army either won't fight without specific orders (because of their command structure) or won't fight at all (because most Iraqis hate Saddam even more than we do).
36 posted on 03/22/2003 2:38:29 PM PST by Sofa King (-I am Sofa King- tired of liberal BS!)
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To: Kevin Curry
And Calvary is the Latinisation of Golgotha, calvaria being the Latin for "skull".
37 posted on 03/22/2003 3:04:34 PM PST by AnAmericanMother (. . . sorry, this one just drives me nuts . . .)
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To: ewing
Wasn't the 7th cavalry Custers unit?
38 posted on 03/22/2003 3:29:34 PM PST by tal hajus
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To: tal hajus
Yup. And word is that when he left Fort Riley on his final mission, he said "Don't change a thing until I get back."
39 posted on 03/22/2003 5:39:42 PM PST by Gamecock (If you have to be one, BE A BIG RED ONE!)
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