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June 30th, 2006
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| Nuclear Duck Hunter  | Post; Does Anyone Remember...Anyone remember what a lister bag was? Also, somewhere on the forums, someone asked where the term "Geronimo" used by WWII paratroopers came from. I read in the book "Beyond Band of Brothers, Major Winters' Memoirs" that there was a popular song at that time named "Geronimo" and it came from that song, but was discouraged by the Officers and training cadre.
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June 30th, 2006
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| Chief Engineer | A lister bag is a canvas bag used to hold water for dispensing to troops during field exercises, etc. It ha a couple of dispensing spouts near the bottom. It was about two feet in diameter on the bottom and usually hung from a tripod or a tree branch.
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June 30th, 2006
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| Godfather | Down from Heaven Down from Heaven comes ELEVEN and there's HELL to pay below shout "GERONIMO" "GERONIMO". Hit the silk and check your canopy and take a look around The air is full of troopers set for battle on the ground Till we join the stick of ANGELS killed on Leyte and Luzon shout "GERONIMO" "GERONIMO". It's a gory road to glory but we're ready here we go shout "GERONIMO" "GERONIMO" |
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July 1st, 2006
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| 100% Space Shuttle Door Gunner | You mean a water buffalo. That's what we called them. And yes, the water tase nasty as hell.
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