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Date Posted: 15:31:29 03/08/03 Sat
Author: Gonzales
Subject: Re: Marching Cadence's
In reply to: Sam Kimpton 's message, "Re: Marching Cadence's" on 15:29:26 03/08/03 Sat

Piece of trivia: Before WWII, Black units were notorious for chanting while marching.

I have to agree with Jones. I have no doubt that chanting did exist but not in the way it is being used today. The popularity of chanting was relative to specific units. They were common in some units, but never used in others. The popular tune "Rehab song" broadcast during the 40s is one example, but not nearly as widespread as they are today. Don Burgett did mention to me in a conversation about the "Six Pence" chant used both during Double time and quick time. But he could not remember any other chants. This was confirmed in the book "Making of a paratrooper" by Gabel. It appears that the ABN veterans who went to the "Parachute Basic" units that spent a lot of time training, and chanting was more common. Whereas the 82nd ABN Division being relatively quickly dispatched overseas did not make this practice a priority. No 82nd ABN veteran I have interviewed could remember ever chanting while training in the U.S., and they certainly did not do "Any of that stuff" while overseas. I am really bummed about this since it really would have been fascinating to hear what that would have sounded like. Doing the old "Hup-two-three-four" get's kind of boring after a while. However, this would not stop me from having 82nd ABN men chanting songs that other ABN units sang.

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