tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-569369751336344388.post2668296394738270875..comments2023-12-08T12:53:57.830-08:00Comments on The Roving Historian: The 503rd Parachute Infantry RegimentJim Broumleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00107162108800959317noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-569369751336344388.post-77870477794778632772023-08-15T12:02:58.961-07:002023-08-15T12:02:58.961-07:00Does anybody recognize this poem:
Twas at a bar in...Does anybody recognize this poem:<br />Twas at a bar in Naples, <br />some soldiers stood around, <br />bragging about their outfit <br />and how they'd been around. <br /><br />And standing in the corner, <br />drinking of his beer <br />there stood a rugged trooper <br />listening. it was clear. <br />He edged a little closer, <br />and he cleared his throat and smiled, <br />and he said, You bragging about your outfit <br />kinda gets me riled. <br /><br />Fill my cup of Strega, <br />and a story I will tell <br />about a certain outfit <br />that's known from here to Hell. <br /><br />Back alone on a berm in 1942, <br />the 503 left England to jump at Tafaraoui, <br />through Kasserine and Gafsa, Sbeitla and Faïd Pass <br />we sweated out the desert while Jerry, he made track. <br /><br />Ischia and Ventotene, we troopers took by sea, <br />while Avellino waited for us to set it free. <br />That Anzio was murder. Sure, Jerry gave us hell. <br />We lost our precious hilltop, but somehow got out well.<br /> <br />Now, the Venafro was a mountain they said we couldn't climb; <br />45th Division left that hill behind. <br />Old Yarborough looked us over <br />and with a smile so wry, <br />They say we cannot take it. <br />What say? Let's have a try. <br /><br />Well, we climbed that rugged mountain <br />and we reached old graveyard hills. <br />The Germans, they [59:15 un-darried], <br />but some, they lie there still. <br />beth@adeptwordmanagement.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08211766949250926080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-569369751336344388.post-90698090637565573952018-08-26T11:50:46.672-07:002018-08-26T11:50:46.672-07:00Thanks for his sacrifices...from the Filipino peop...Thanks for his sacrifices...from the Filipino people in Negros Island PhilippinesAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16904336814023171843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-569369751336344388.post-24952445351788510892018-06-13T22:00:18.296-07:002018-06-13T22:00:18.296-07:00Trying to find info on Daniel W. Ross, came to 503...Trying to find info on Daniel W. Ross, came to 503rd by way of Co A, 501st from Panama.<br /><br />Thanks, <br />Jeff Ross, ross4572@gmail.comGIBrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00717000514424414264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-569369751336344388.post-32396022900795770902017-03-08T17:13:15.401-08:002017-03-08T17:13:15.401-08:00Trying to find anyone in the 503rd PIRRCT that new...Trying to find anyone in the 503rd PIRRCT that new my dad, Donald Faulkner McKay who served with him or remembers him. Please. Contact me at Heintzl4@aol.com!!Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12599264387658810289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-569369751336344388.post-7462967778440906602016-10-10T04:58:50.018-07:002016-10-10T04:58:50.018-07:00Hello, I am trying to find a photo of a Vietnam Ve...Hello, I am trying to find a photo of a Vietnam Veteran who served in the 503rd Infantry Airborne Regiment in 1969. He was killed in action in Binh Dinh, Vietnam in May of 1969. He was 18 years old and his name is SP4 Gary Wayne Wright. He was from Hayes, VA. Does anyone know of him or served with him? I would like to send in the picture to the VVMF in DC to be put into their new education center. If you know anything about Gary please contact me at shend031@odu.edu. Thank you, Sheri Henderson.Sheri Hendersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-569369751336344388.post-89587488838779823952015-04-10T18:46:41.164-07:002015-04-10T18:46:41.164-07:00Hey Jerrod. Did your grandfather know mine: Osal...Hey Jerrod. Did your grandfather know mine: Osal Capps?Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05440297602697687799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-569369751336344388.post-53321221508017156032014-06-08T19:16:35.483-07:002014-06-08T19:16:35.483-07:00My grandfather was in the 503rd. Tells stories all...My grandfather was in the 503rd. Tells stories all the time about what he did. At 94, he is the bravest man I know.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14338281367392959641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-569369751336344388.post-34550445187057577302012-11-29T16:15:37.404-08:002012-11-29T16:15:37.404-08:00What a great site!!! Airborne All The Way!!!!!!!!!...What a great site!!! Airborne All The Way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Peytonnoreply@blogger.com