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Subject: Re: Gary Owen
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Date: 27 Apr 89 03:11:34 GMT
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:From article <5935@cbnews.ATT.COM>, by UALTAVM.gatech.edu!DPIROT@gatech.uucp:
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: From: UALTAVM.gatech.edu!DPIROT@gatech.uucp
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: Can someone tell me the significance of the motto 'Gary Owen', associated
: with the US Cavalry?
: Is it the name of a person? There is, I believe, also a song with
: that name. Can someone give me the lyrics?
: Don Pirot,                    | BITNET: DPIROT@UALTAVM
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: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.    | What luck for rulers that men do not think.
:                               |                 Adolph Hitler (1889-1945)

That was the regiment song for the U.S. 7th Cavalry commanded by Col. George
Custer. The 7th Cav came out short at the Battle at the Little Big Horn in 
June 1876. The song was based on an old Irish drinking song from the Dublin
area.