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Sound off! What operations were you, or your loved ones part of while in Vietnam? You get up every morning from your alarm clock’s warning Take the 8:15 int...o the city There’s a whistle up above and people pushin’, people shovin’ And the girls who try to look pretty And if your train’s on time, you can get to work by nine And start your slaving job to get your pay If you ever get annoyed, look at me I’m self-employed I love to work at nothing all day And I’ll be taking care of business (every day) Taking care of business (every way) I’ve been taking care of business (it’s all mine) Taking care of business and working overtime, work out If it were easy as fishin’ you could be a musician If you could make sounds loud or mellow Get a second-hand guitar, chances are you’ll go far If you get in with the right bunch of fellows People see you having fun just a-lying in the sun Tell them that you like it this way It’s the work that we avoid, and we’re all self-employed We love to work at nothing all day And we be taking care of business (every day) Taking care of business (every way) We be been taking care of business (it’s all mine) Taking care of business and working overtime Mercy Whoo All right Take good care of my business When I’m away, every day Whoo They get up every morning from their alarm clock’s warning Take the 8:15 into the city There’s a whistle up above and people pushin’, people shovin’ And the girls who try to look pretty And if your train’s on time, you can get to work by nine And start your slaving job to get your pay If you ever get annoyed, look at me I’m self-employed I love to work at nothing all day And I be taking care of business (every day) Taking care of business (every way) I’ve been taking care of business (it’s all mine) Taking care of business and working overtime, take care Takin’ care of business, whoo Takin’ care of business Takin’ care of business Takin’ care of business Takin’ care of business (every day) Takin’ care of business (every way) Takin’ care of business (it’s all mine) Takin’ care of business and working overtime, whoo See more

The Week of the Eagles took place at Ft Campbell Kentucky this past week. One of the highlights of the week was the honorary Air Assault badge ceremony in which the 101st Airborne awarded the Air Assault badge to Vietnam Veterans who were doing Air Assaults in combat before the badge existed. LTC McEwen, the Public Affairs Officer of the 101st Airborne Division will speak about what took place during the Week of the Eagles as well as what the future holds for the 101st Airborne Division. LTC McEwen's credentials include overseas service at the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan and deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

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Sound off! Did you first hear Blood Upon the Risers before or after you signed up for Airborne School? He was just a rookie trooper and he surely shook with fright, He checked off his equipment and made sure his pack was tight; He had to sit and listen to those awful engines roar,... You ain’t gonna jump no more Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, He ain’t gonna jump no more Is everybody happy? cried the Sergeant looking up, Our hero feebly answered, yes and then they stood him up; He jumped into the icy blast, his static line unhooked, And he ain’t gonna jump no more Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, He ain’t gonna jump no more He counted long, he counted loud, he waited for the shock, He felt the wind, he felt the cold, he felt the awful drop, The silk from his reserves spilled out, and wrapped around his legs, And he ain’t gonna jump no more Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, He ain’t gonna jump no more The risers swung around his neck, connectors cracked his dome, Suspension lines were tied in knots around his skinny bones; The canopy became his shroud; he hurtled to the ground. And he ain’t gonna jump no more Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, He ain’t gonna jump no more The days he’d lived and loved and laughed kept running through his mind, He thought about the girl back home, the one he’d left behind; He thought about the medic corps, and wondered what they’d find, And he ain’t gonna jump no more Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, He ain’t gonna jump no more See more

Sound off! What was your most memorable Airborne moment?