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    COLD WAR BARGAIN

    Dec 03, 2019 3 minutes
    BY MARK GRIMSLEY

    N 1963, MAGAZINE INFORMED ITS READERS that traditional military service songs were hopelessly outmoded. A case in point was “The Army Goes Rolling Along,” the official song of the U.S. Army. “In the age of military mobility,” the writers asked, “how many artillerymen over hill and dale…or anywhere else?” And when was the last time grizzled dogfaces let loose with anything as boyish as “Hi-hi-hee”? Far more in tune with the times, they declared, was “The Cameras

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