Praise The Lord & Pass The Ammunition

[Wilson Gray]

On 12/9/05, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> 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."
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>   Loesser also wrote the wartime song. "Rodger Young," as well as the
> postwar hit, "On a Slow Boat to China."
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>   JL


"Rodger Young" and I are utter strangers. Unfortunately, the same is not
true of "On a Slow Boat to China." I prefer "Praise the Lord..." It's also
the case that I hoped that WWII would last long enough for me to be in it
and thought that "God Is My Co-Pilot" was one of the greatest movies ever
made, second only to "Crashdive." That should give you an idea of my
pre-adolescent tastes  and worldview.

Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>




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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
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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 ().
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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?
> --
> -Wilson Gray
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-Wilson Gray