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Duckworth's simple chant was elaborated on by Army drill sergeants and their trainees, and the practice of creating elaborate marching chants spread to the Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy. A musical version of the chant was recorded by Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra (Voc.: Vaughn Monroe & Chorus in New York City) on March 7, 1951
Mark Warnow (April 10, 1900 – October 17, 1949) was an American violinist and orchestra conductor, who performed on the radio in the 1930s and 1940s. He was the older brother of composer and bandleader Raymond Scott, born Harry Warnow, and is credited with steering his younger brother into a career in music.
Duckworth, who was born in 1924 in Washington County, Georgia, would have been familiar with the use of work chants sung for all kinds of agricultural work. He was also the same generation of the gandy dancers who used chants to line track. At the time he was drafted to serve in WW II, Duckworth was working in a sawmill.
John Noel Duckworth (25 December 1912 – 24 November 1980), MA, TD, was a rower and Anglican priest, Canon of Accra and the first Chaplain of Churchill College. [1]
Ladda Tammy Duckworth [3] (born March 12, 1968) is an American politician and retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel serving as the junior United States senator from Illinois since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party , she represented Illinois's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017.
Confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s cabinet picks begin this week, starting with Trump’s choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth.The hearing was held Tuesday with senators questioning whether the former combat veteran and TV news show host is fit to lead the U.S. military.
Yanks Go Home is a British sitcom about U.S. Army Air Forcemen stationed in Lancashire, England in the Second World War.It was produced and directed by Eric Prytherch for Granada Television and broadcast on ITV between 1976 and 1977.
After Army went up 17-3 following a fumble return for touchdown in the fourth quarter, it appeared Navy was sunk. But the Midshipmen responded with a seven-play, 59-yard drive to make it a one ...