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Combat Operation After Action Report, LZ MIKE SIERRA (B6281271). Addendum 1. LRRP Actions
HEADQUARTERS, 25TH INFANTRY DIVISIONAPO San Francisco 96225
AVDDA_RLGH
SUBJECT: Combat Operation After Action Report. Addendum 1. LRRP Actions
THRU: Commanding Officer 27th Reg, 25th Inf Div ATTN: AVDDA_BRC
TO: Commanding General 25th Infantry Division ATTN: AVDDH_CG
311700 LRRP Team exited OP Butter Diesel, destination B6271273.
311900 2 river crossing thru springs observed in B628812723
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Wolfhounds Color Guard circa 1939
1939 год. Почетный караул 27-го Пехотного полка, одетый в русские стилизованные папахи, портупеи и сапоги с полковым талисманом – борзой по кличке “Колчак II”. Официальное имя полку “Wolfhounds” было присвоено в 1929 году в честь Верховного Правителя России Александра Васильевича Колчака, в составе армии которого полк сражался, выполняя союзнический долг в Сибири. Зимой 1918 года, после того, как полк освободил от большевиков более 1000 км. Транссиба, А.В. Колчак отметил, что солдаты выносливы и упорны, как борзые (в английском – Russian Wolfhounds). В то же время появился и первый талисман по кличке “Колчак I”. Эта традиция сохранилась и по сей день и, вне зависимости от наставлений FM 22-5, борзые возглавляют полк на каждой официальной церемонии.
Combat Operation After Action Report, LZ MIKE SIERRA (B6281271)
HEADQUARTERS, 25TH INFANTRY DIVISIONAPO San Francisco 96225
AVDDA_RLGH
SUBJECT: Combat Operation After Action Report
THRU: Commanding Officer 27th Reg, 25th Inf Div ATTN: AVDDA_BRC
TO: Commanding General 25th Infantry Division ATTN: AVDDH_CG
Wolfhounds March
The Monkeys Have No Tails in Zamboanga is the official regimental march of the 27th US Infantry Regiment, as the “Wolfhound March”. The lyrics of this official version were written in 1907 in Cuba by G. Savoca, the regimental band leader (Died 1912), after the regiment was formed in 1901 to serve in the Philippines. According to Harry McClintock, the tune was borrowed from an official march of the Philippine Constabulary Band, as played at the St. Louis Exposition in 1904. One version was collected as part of the Gordon “Inferno” Collection. As with many folk songs, the exact meaning is unclear.
Oh, the monkeys have no tails in Zamboanga,
Oh, the monkeys have no tails in Zamboanga,
Oh, the monkeys have no tails,
They were bitten off by whales,
Oh, the monkeys have no tails in Zamboanga.
Chorus:
Oh, we won’t go back to Subic anymore,
Oh, we won’t go back to Subic anymore,
Oh, we won’t go back to Subic
Where they mix our wine with tubig*,
Oh, we won’t go back to Subic anymore.
Chorus
Oh, the carabao have no hair in Mindanao,
Oh, the carabao have no hair in Mindanao,
Oh, the carabao have no hair,
Holy smoke! But they are bare,
Oh, the carabao have no hair in Mindanao.
Chorus
Oh, the fishes wear no skirts in Iloilo,
Oh, the fishes wear no skirts in Iloilo,
Oh, the fishes wear no skirts,
But they all have undershirts,
Oh, the fishes wear no skirts in Iloilo.
Chorus
They grow potatoes small in Iloilo,
They grow potatoes small in Iloilo,
They grow potatoes small,
And they eat them skins and all,
They grow potatoes small in Iloilo.
Chorus
Oh, the birdies have no feet in Mariveles,
Oh, the birdies have no feet in Mariveles,
Oh, the birdies have no feet,
They were burned off by the heat,
Oh, the birdies have no feet in Mariveles.
Chorus
Oh, we’ll all go up to China in the spring time,
Oh, we’ll all go up to China in the spring time,
Oh, we’ll hop aboard a liner,
I can think of nothing finer,
Oh, we’ll all go up to China in the spring time.
Chorus
Oh, we’ll all go down to Shanghai in the fall,
Oh, we’ll all go down to Shanghai in the fall,
Oh, we’ll all get down to Shanghai,
Those champagne corks will bang high,
Oh, we’ll all go down to Shanghai in the fall.
Chorus
Oh, we lived ten thousand years in old Chefoo.
Oh, we lived ten thousand years in old Chefoo.
And it didn’t smell like roses,
So we had to hold our noses,
Oh, we lived ten thousand years in old Chefoo
* Filipino for water
Minnesota vets restore Vietnam-era medevac helo
A 46-year-old war relic is being brought painstakingly back to life by a group of Minnesota military veterans. The veterans have volunteered hundreds of hours of their time for almost a year to restore an UH-1H helicopter flown in Vietnam.
Nicknamed the “Huey” — an iconic symbol of the Vietnam War — the helicopter will be featured in the “1968 Exhibit” opening this fall at the Minnesota History Center.
With its rounded nose, long body and lifted tail, the Huey looks like some oversized toy insect at a warehouse on the east side of St. Paul, where volunteers have been working on it like surgeons on a patient. Most of the men here are war veterans.