David.Gettman October 31st, 2003
Halfway down the Trail to Hell
In a shady meadow green,
Are the Souls of all dead troopers camped
Near a good old-time canteen,
And this eternal resting place
is known as Fiddlers’ Green.
Marching past, straight through to Hell,
The Infantry are seen,
Accompanied by the Engineers,
Artillery and Marine,
For none but the shades of Cavalrymen
Dismount at Fiddlers’ Green.
Though some go curving down the trail
To seek a warmer scene,
No trooper ever gets to Hell
Ere he’ s emptied his canteen,
And so rides back to drink again
With friends at Fiddlers’ Green.
And so when man and horse go down
Beneath a saber keen.
Or in a roaring charge of fierce melee
You stop a bullet clean,
And the hostiles come to get your scalp,
Just empty your canteen,
And put your pistol to your head
And go to Fiddlers’ Green.
David.Gettman October 30th, 2003
Troopers of the 2d Cavalry Group (Mecz) reported as missing in action, ETO (European Theatre of Operations) during WW II. Continue Reading »
David.Gettman October 29th, 2003
This is a list of troops for the 2d Cavalry Group (Mecz) that were killed in action or died of wounds in the European Theatre of Operations during WW II. The free world will ever be indebted to these Soldiers for the price they paid for our freedom. May their souls be released from the ravages of war. Continue Reading »
David.Gettman October 28th, 2003
On December 21, 1945, following an accident on the Autobahn near Heidelberg, General George S. Patton Jr., Combat Commander of the Third U.S. Army, died as the result of the injuries he sustained.
With all the allied world in mourning, General Patton’ s funeral was held following the decision by Mrs. Patton that her husband should be laid to rest in the cemetery at Hamm, Luxembourg, alongside the men who fought and died in his great Third Army.
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David.Gettman October 27th, 2003
CPL James McCoy – Killer Troop
SGT Nels Moller – Golf Troop
CPL James Miller – C&C Squadron
PFC Aaron Howard – Co C, 82nd Engineer Bn
SGT Dodge Powell – Co C, 82nd Engineer Bn
SGT William Strehlow – Co C, 82nd Engineer Bn
SPC Thomas Jarrell – 214th Military Police Company
David.Gettman October 27th, 2003
Listed below are the Regiments 21 losses from OIF I, 2003-2004, including attached units. Continue Reading »
David.Gettman October 26th, 2003
The Dragoon Taps
Stryker Gone
Stryker Gone
God Awaits
With His Arms
With His Home
We Will Go
Those Left Behind
Say Good Bye
Toujours Pret
Dragoons Down
Dragoons Down
We Will Not
Leave Our Comrades Behind
Bring Them To
Stronger Hands
Than Our Own
Warriors
One And All
They Will Stand
With The Troops
Of Our Past
AJ Walker
SFC Johnson
LT Burks
Saddle Up
Pat Your Mare
Check Your Spurs
Pull Your Saber
Hold It High
Aim Your Horse
To The Sun
Hit The Leather And Ride
by SSG Glen W. Hambrick & 1SG Robert G. Parsons
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