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Note: people are taking this video way too seriously and reading way more into it than they need to. This is just a video of some enormous explo...
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Note: people are taking this video way too seriously and reading way more into it than they need to. This is just a video of some enormous explosions - the largest mankind has ever produced. Everyone loves explosions, right? They're eyecandy and pretty damn impressive.
These were tests, nobody was hurt directly by these. Yes, we can have a long debate about what the long term concequences of the fallout are and we can turn this into a big argument over the United States' place in the world, the Soviet Union, the Cold War, Hiroshima, the ethics of having nuclear weapons at all, the enviornmental impact of tests, the validity of nuclear weapons as a deterrent, Hiroshima, Nagasaki etc etc etc...
DON'T BE THAT GUY! Just enjoy the goddamned explosions.
You may have seen the 1812 overture done with fireworks before, but here are some REALLY big fireworks. The movie does not account for the fact that it takes time for the sound to get from the explosion to the observer, because it wouldn't look as cool then.
And yes..those troops are very close to the explosions. It was not completely understood at the time the consequences of longterm exposure to fallout. Most of them were okay in the long run, but a few had problems. Too bad...
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Garryowen, also known as Garyowen, Garry Owen and Gary Owens, is an old Irish quick-step that can now be traced back to the early 1680's.
In 1867, G...
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Garryowen, also known as Garyowen, Garry Owen and Gary Owens, is an old Irish quick-step that can now be traced back to the early 1680's.
In 1867, Garryowen was adopted by the 7th Cavalry Regiment as the official Air(tune) of the Regiment, and the historical nickname given to the 7th Cavalry Regiment and troopers. It became the Official tune of the 1st Cavalry Division in 1981.
Garryowen has become undoubtedly the most famous of all the regimental marches in the Army.
When Soldiers salute an officer, they also traditionally give the greeting of the day or the regimental motto. So when any soldier, anywhere, in the 7th Cav salutes, they sound off with Garry Owen, Sir!
Cyril Richard Rescorla (May 27, 1939 September 11, 2001), known as Rick Rescorla, was a retired United States Army officer of Cornish birth who served with distinction in Rhodesia as a British soldier and the Vietnam War as an American officer. As the World Trade Center security chief for the financial services firm Morgan Stanley, Rescorla anticipated both attacks on the towers and implemented evacuation procedures that are credited with saving many lives. He died in the attacks of September 11, 2001, while leading the evacuation efforts.
Here are both sets of lyrics to the song Garry Owen. The first is the original lyrics, and the second is the lyrics adopted later by the 7th Cavalry.
Original Version:
Let Bacchus' sons be not dismayed
But join with me, each jovial blade
Come, drink and sing and lend your aid
To help me with the chorus:
Instead of spa, we'll drink brown ale
And pay the reckoning on the nail;
No man for debt shall go to jail
From Garryowen in glory.
We'll beat the bailiffs out of fun,
We'll make the mayor and sheriffs run
We are the boys no man dares dun
If he regards a whole skin.
Instead of spa, we'll drink brown ale
And pay the reckoning on the nail;
No man for debt shall go to jail
From Garryowen in glory.
Our hearts so stout have got no fame
For soon 'tis known from whence we came
Where'er we go they fear the name
Of Garryowen in glory.
Instead of spa, we'll drink brown ale
And pay the reckoning on the nail;
No man for debt shall go to jail
From Garryowen in glory.
7TH Cavalry Version:
We are the pride of the army,
And a regiment of great renown,
Our names on the pages of history,
From sixty six on down.
If you think we stop or falter,
While into the fray were goin
Just watch the step with our heads erect
When our band plays "Garry Owen."
In the Fighting Sevenths the place for me.
Its the cream of all the cavalry;
No other regiment ever can claim
Its pride, honor, glory, and undying fame.
We know no fear when stern duty
Calls us far away from home,
Our countrys flag shall sagely oer us wave,
No matter where we roam.
Tis the gallant Seventh Cavalry,
It matters not where were goin
such youll surely say as we march away,
When our band plays "Garry Owen."
Then hurrah for our brave commanders!
Who lead us into the fight.
Well do or die in our countrys cause.
And battle for the right.
And when the war is oer
And to our home were goin
Just watch the step, with our head erect,
When our band plays, "Garry Owen."
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