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Happy Birthday, Dog-faced Soldiers

by Jonn Lilyea••31

The 3rd Infantry Division was born 95 years ago today at Camp Greene, NC, eight months later it earned it’s nickname “The Rock of the Marne” when they faced the Kaiser’s troops who were pursuing retreating French troops at the Marne River and held the line, saving Paris so Parisians can continue to be snotty prigs.

I spent six years in the Marne Division with the 2/15th Infantry on Wildflecken and the 1/7th Infantry (Cottonbalers) in Aschaffenburg, so Rocky has a special place in my heart.

And I still remember the words to the Division song “Dog Faced Soldier” and I probably sound like this singing it;

Unfortunately, the 3rd ID thinks less of me than I think of them. Folks in the 3rd ID tell me that their internet networks block TAH as “political extremists”. That makes me angry.

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31 thoughts on “Happy Birthday, Dog-faced Soldiers”

  2. I have fond memories of Kelly Hill as a member of 1-30 Infantry “Battle Boars”. Proud to wear the broken tv on my right shoulder.

  3. Here’s the song in MP3:

    http://www.stewart.army.mil/faq/dogface.mp3

    Today’s lyrics can be found here:

    http://www.stewart.army.mil/faq/DogFaceSoldierSong.asp

    The lyrics have changed a bit over time. The World War II version ended a bit differently:

    “I’m Just A Dog Face Soldier
    With A Rifle On My Shoulder
    And I Eat a Kraut
    For Breakfast E’V’RY Day

    So Feed Me Ammunition
    Keep Me In Third Division
    Your Dog Face Soldier’s A-Okay!”

    Obviously they were changed after Germany became an ally. (smile)

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  8. HooYah Army and the 3rd ID. But, you boys can’t sing for sh*t!

    Now the Navy … they can sing!

    OK … you guys finish the rest!

  9. @8, Thats because the Navy is more feminine, and we all know that women can be some good singers. 🙂

  12. Can the guys in the Navy sing? Of course. Some people in a village somewhere wrote a song about that . . . . (smile)

  15. Folks in the 3rd ID tell me that their internet networks block TAH as “political extremists”. That makes me angry.

    And when I get angry, Mister Bigglesworth gets upset, and when Mister Bigglesworth gets upset, PEOPLE DIE!!!!

    Seriously, Hassan is allowed to serve after sending a shitload of e-mails to AlQ folks, but TAH is political extremism. You can’t make this shit up.

  16. Rock of the Marne!

    I was stationed down the street from 3ID at 67th Evac (in Wuerzburg) for a couple of years.

  25. Happy birthday, dog faces! Yo, 3rd ID Command! Loosen up your overly starched collars, tell Janet Incompeteno to go suck canal water. In short, grow a pair….

  30. Streetsweeper, now be fair.

    I did post a link to a bunch of solders doing their version of the 3ID song.

    I only posted the link to the Sea Chanters for MCPO NYC’s perusal.

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