re: #125 JHW

Dusty did you ever get to Tan An or Binh Phuoc? Spent most of my time there, my brother’s battalion was on the barrack ship Benewah, I can’t remember where your outfit was, but vaguely remember them at Bearcat when the Division first got overseas.

They where at Bearcat till about January 1968, then they moved the whole division to Dong Tam, Have you looked at the 9th Division Web site?

THE “Old Reliables” Song

TRY HARDER

WE ARE THE OLD RELIABLES, WE’RE GONNA TELL YOU WHY,
WE ARE THE OLD RELIABLES, WE SHOUT IT TO THE SKY,
WE GAINED OUR FAME
AND MADE OUR NAME
ON EVERY FOREIGN SHORE,
WE ARE THE OLD RELIABLES, AND WE WILL BE BACK FOR MORE

TRY HARDER, TRY HARDER, THE VICTORY IS WON.
TRY HARDER, TRY HARDER, BECAUSE YOU’RE NUMBER ONE!

WE ARE THE OLD RELIABLES WE STARTED WAY BACK WHEN.
THE YEAR WAS 1918 AND WE STARTED TRAINING MEN,
TO BE THE BEST
AND MEET THE TEST
WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
WAVE FOUGHT ON RIGHT AND FREEDOM’S SIDE THROUGH ALL OUR
HISTORY.

TRY HARDER, TRY HARDER, THE VICTORY IS WON.
TRY HARDER, TRY HARDER, BECAUSE YOU’RE NUMBER ONE

OUR FIRST TRUE TEST HAD COME ABOUT IN 1942.
WE STARTED WITH A DESERT WAR, BUT AFTER WE WERE THROUGH,
WE’D CROSSED THE RHINE
IN RECORD TIME
RAMAGEN BRIDGE WAS WON
WE ALL WENT HOME AND FOR AWHILE WE HUNG UP SWORD AND
GUN

TRY HARDER, TRY HARDER, THE VICTORY IS WON.

THE YEARS HAD PASSED AND ONCE AGAIN THE VOICE OF DUTY
CALLED.
WE STRIVED FOR COMBAT READINESS SO WE WOULD NEVER FALL.
THEN HAIL AGAIN
TO GERMANY
TO BOLSTER OUR ALLY.
TO JOIN WITHIN THE NATO SHIELD, AND THIS WAS STILL OUR CRY,

TRY HARDER, TRY HARDER, THE VICTORY IS WON.
TRY HARDER, TRY HARDER, BECAUSE YOU’RE NUMBER ONE!

THEY CALLED US FROM THE ROCKIES TO OPEN THE MIDDLE WEST.
FORT RILEY MADE US READY FOR ANOTHER GRUELING TEST
WE LEFT AGAIN
NOT KNOWING WHEN
WE’D SEE OUR HOME ONCE MORE.
WE HIT THE BEACH AT PORT VUNG TAU, TO FIGHT A DELTA WAR.
TRY HARDER, TRY HARDER, THE VICTORY IS WON
TRY HARDER, TRY HARDER, BECAUSE YOU’RE NUMBER ONE.

AT BEARCAT WE BEGAN TO FIGHT AND WE WERE DOING WELL.
AND THEN WE MOVED TO DONG TAM AND KEPT GIVING “CHARLIE”
HELL.
WITH MINI GUNS
AND TANGO BOATS
AND CONCENTRATED STEEL.
WE HOUNDED “CHARLIE” DAY AND NIGHT AND THEN WE MADE HIM
KNEEL.
TRY HARDER, TRY HARDER, THE VICTORY IS WON,
TRY HARDER, TRY HARDER, BECAUSE YOU’RE NUMBER ONE!
WE EARNED AWARDS FOR VALOR IN THE MUDDY DELTA LAND.
AND WHEN THE GENERAL PINNED THEM ON, THE 9TH DIVISION BAND,
PLAYED TRUMPET CALLS
AND ANTHEMS AND
A ROUSING MARCH OR TWO
TO BOLSTER THE ESPRIT D’CORPS AND SEE OUR SOLDIERS
THROUGH.

TRY HARDER, TRY HARDER, THE VICTORY IS WON,
TRY HARDER, TRY HARDER, BECAUSE YOU’RE NUMBER ONE!

WE HAVE A GROUP OF DOLLIES TO MAINTAIN OUR MORALE.

TRY HARDER, TRY HARDER, BECAUSE YOU’RE NUMBER ONE!