| Frank Loesser – Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I remember a TV show in the 50's (I've Got a Secret, maybe?) in which this chaplain's 'secret' was that he was that chaplain. His story was that the enemy had disabled the ammo elevator(s) to the guns and the sailors were doing the bucket brigade to let them keep fighting. One of the sailors asked him "What do we do now?" or something similar, and "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" was the reply. The chaplain did not mention taking over a gun (most likely he wasn't trained for it) but he did encourage the men during the battle. I don't remember the ship or the battle, but it's most likely on that TV show. Are there archives? |
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