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508th Parachute Infantry Regiment Association
DAYTONA BEACH
FLORIDA - 1981
HERE'S THE SCHEDULE
OF EVENTS
| June 24, 1981 - |
1200 Hours - Hospitality room open
for early birds. |
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Registration starts |
| June 25, 1981 - |
Hospitality room open and evening
party for early birds |
| June 26, 1981 - |
0800 - Welcoming Breakfast
0930 - Business Meeting
Afternoon - Open |
| June 27, 1981 - |
Day open for individual tours to
areas of interest
1900 - Dinner Dance |
| June 29, 1981 - |
1130 - Memorial Luncheon |
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THE 508TH PARACHUTE
INFANTRY
WE'RE THE MEN OF THE
ORIGINAL 508TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY
OUR REGIMENT WAS FORMED
IN NINETEEN FORTY TWO
AND WE ALL KNEW EXACTLY, WHAT WE HAD TO DO
WE HAD TO GO TO JUMP SCHOOL, SO IN NINETEEN FORTH THREE
WE BECAME KNOWN AS THE 508th PARACHUTE INFANTRY
THEN WE LOADED UP AND
MOVED TO A PLACE CALLED CAMP; MACKALL
THE LOVELIEST PLACE YOU WILL EVER SEE, NO THAT'S NOT RIGHT AT ALL
THE PAPER SHACKS AND MUDDY STREETS, RAIN DRIPPED FROM EVERY TREE
BUT WE SURVIVED, CAUSE WE'RE THE MEN OF THE AIRBORNE INFANTRY
THE MEN OF THE ORIGINAL 508th PARACHUTE INFANTRY
WE WENT ON MANEUVERS
SOMEWHERE IN TENNESSEE
WE TRAINED A MONTH OR TWO, THEN WENT TO P.O.E.
WE LOADED UP JAMES PARKERS AND SAILED ACROSS THE SEA
THE FIGHTING MEN OF THE 508th PARACHUTE INFANTRY
THE MEN OF THE ORIGINAL 508TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY
WE WERE THE FIRST TO HIT
THE SILK, THAT DAY AT NORMANDY
AND WE MADE A JUMP IN HOLLAND, JUST TO SET SOME PEOPLE FREE
SOME JERRYS DIED AT ARDENNS, [sic] AS WE FOUGHT FROM TREE TO TREE
WE'RE THE FIGHTING MEN OF THE ORIGINAL 508TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY
THE MEN OF THE ORIGINAL 508TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY
YES, WE'RE THE MEN IN
BAGGY PANTS THAT MADE THE GERMANS FLEE
AND WE'RE WHAT'S LEFT OF THE 508th PARACHUTE INFANTRY
SO HERE'S TO THE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES, SO OTHERS COULD BE FREE
AND HERE'S TO THE MEN OF THE 508th PARACHUTE INFANTRY
THE MEN OF THE ORIGINAL 508TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY
WE'RE THE MEN OF THE
ORIGINAL 508TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY
ERNEST GLOVER
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