Praise The Lord & Pass The Ammunition

[Jonathan Lighter]

Of course not. The composer was Hollywood songsmith Pfc. Frank Loesser (1910-1969) who, according to one source, "wore his GI uniform while he was composing it in the [Army] Special Services office on 42nd Street."

  Loesser also wrote the wartime song. "Rodger Young," as well as the postwar hit, "On a Slow Boat to China."

  JL
Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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On 12/7/05, Baker, John 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
> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 9:05 PM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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> Barry Popik posted about "praise the Lord and pass the ammunition" in
> 1999 ().
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> Here's another source attributing the phrase to the same Mr. Forgy:
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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




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