Praise The Lord & Pass The Ammunition

[Wilson Gray]

On 12/7/05, Baker, John <JMB at stradley.com> wrote:
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>         The Navy has a page on Commander Forgy at
> http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-f/h-forgy.htm.
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> John Baker
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> From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf
> Of Grant Barrett
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> Subject: Praise The Lord & Pass The Ammunition
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> Barry Popik posted about "praise the Lord and pass the ammunition" in
> 1999 (<http://tinyurl.com/a78hb>).
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> Here's another source attributing the phrase to the same Mr. Forgy:
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> <http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/13348330.htm>
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> "She owns an autographed copy of Navy Chaplain Howell M. Forgy's memoir,
> '...and Pass the Ammunition'--Forgy coined the phrase 'Praise the Lord
> and pass the ammunition' during the Pearl Harbor attack."
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> Grant Barrett
> gbarrett at worldnewyork.org
> http://www.doubletongued.org/
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Did he also write the song?
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-Wilson Gray