Somewhere in Belgium...December, 1944

[82Rigger]

CK,

Yeah, that's one of the BETTER landings.

[Bill Farnie]

Rommel's Asparagus

[Packo]

Bill, thanks for the pics....and Steve, Cooler King also. I did know what Rommels Asparagus was.

There is a Glider Infantry song....have to look it up when I get home but it definately laments not getting Jump Pay like their Airborne Brothers.

I would take my chances jumping ANY DAY compared to Glider. Had to laugh at the General who was afraid of incoming fire on his Glider so he had steel plates welded in. Glider dropped like a stone.

Here's to Glider Infantry! Dan and James's 327th PIR was originally Glider Infantry.

Airborne!

Pack

[82Rigger]

Whenever I think of glider "landings" I picture a glider carrying a jeep or a light field piece and crew touching down and the nose digging in and going ass over teakettle.

How'd ya like to be mixing it up in there with heavy equipment?

Thanks, anyway...I'll stick to having a canopy over my head ANY day. :re:

[The Cooler King]

Originally posted by Packy
There is a Glider Infantry song....have to look it up when I get home but it definately laments not getting Jump Pay like their Airborne Brothers.

Hey Pack, is this the one?

One Day I answered the popular call
And got in the Army to be on the ball.
An infantry outfit, foot-soldiers and all,
Is where they put me to train.

They gave me basics at Camp Clairborne,
There I was happy and never forlorn,
Till they split us up and made us Airborne,
But the pay was exactly the same!

Chorus:

Once I was happy but now I'm Airborne,
Riding in gliders all tattered and torn.
The pilots are daring, all caution they scorn,
And the pay is exactly the same!

Other variations:

Once I was Infantry, now I'm a dope,
Riding in gliders attached to a rope.
Safety in landing is only a hope,
And the pay is exactly the same!

We fly through the air in our flying caboose,
Its actions are graceful just like a fat goose.
We hike on the pavement till our joints have come loose,
And the pay is exactly the same!

We fight in fatigues, no fancy jump suits,
No bright leather jackets, no polished jump boots.
We crash-land by glider without parachutes,
And the pay is exactly the same!

We glide through the air with "Jennie" the jeep,
Held on our laps unable to leap.
If she breaks loose our widows will weep,
And the pay is exactly the same!

We glide through the air in a tactical state,
Jumping is useless, it always too late.
No chute for the soldier who rides in a crate,
And the pay is exactly the same!

We work in Headquarters we sit on a chair,
We figure our tactics and take to the air,
We fly over "Jerry" and drop in his hair,
And the pay is exactly the same!

We hike and we sweat, and we load and we lash,
We tie it down well, just in case of a crash,
We take off and land, and climb out in a flash,
And the pay is exactly the same!

We glide through the air with the greatest of ease,
We do a good job and we try hard to please.
The Finanace Department we pester and tease,
But the pay is exactly the same!

[Packo]

King,

That's it! It is sung to "Man on the Flying Trapeze". Thanks for looking it up. 82n'd Airbone Chorus does a great rendition.

Pack

[Jerry D]

Cooler King: Thanks for the description on the Regimental patch it explains it great

[The Cooler King]

No problem Packy and Jerry. Merry Christmas to yous.

Mike

[Packo]

King...if your from around Philly....isn't it "yous guys"?

Merry Christmas my friend to yours and yous guys!

Pack

[The Cooler King]

North of Philly. Up here either is acceptable.

For your reading pleasure: http://www.coalregion.com/Speak/speakA.htm

Mike