River Kwai memorial for USS Houston survivors -Reply -Reply

January 2nd, 2009

From Mon Sep 22 11:40:24 1997
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>From: Dane Hartgrove
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>Subject: Re: River Kwai memorial for USS Houston survivors -Reply
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>Tristan Jones, in _Heart of Oak_, his memoir of coming of age in the
>World War II British navy, mentions marching to the Col. Bogey march
>during his days in training. The tune must have been a common one in
>the Andrew; doubtless the words/lyrics changed depending on the
>occasion/degree of ribaldry allowed.
>
>Dane Hartgrove

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