Who said, 'Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.'?

Friar Tuck

Gen. Douglas MacArthur Jan 06 03, 11:50 PM

Kainantu

1914-1918 era 'Old soldiers never die: they simply fade away' originated from the British Army's C20 parody of the song 'Kind Thoughts Can Never Die' and the tune adopted from it . . . This immortal ditty appeared in John Brophy and Eric Partridge, 'Songs and Slang of the British Soldier: 1914-1918,' 1930, and has been preserved in the book 'The Long Trail,' lamentably out of print in Britain, but to be reprinted in the US.' From Eric Partridge's 'Dictionary of Catch Phrases American and British': http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/bulletin_board/12/messages/859.html {Recording;} OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE (They Just Fade Away) COMPOSERS - Frank Westphal COPYRIGHT : 1939 Jan 07 03, 4:33 AM

Lizzy1981

General Douglas MacArthur in his farewell speech Read & hear the speech here: www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/douglasmacarthurfarewelladdress.htm - 37k - Jan 20 09, 11:36 AM

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