10-065 Garand Picture of the Day - Korea December 1950

[Mark in Rochester]

Korean Retreat
Date taken: December 1950
Photographer: Hank Walker

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[frankderrico]

Notice the bayonet and ammo belt above the headlight.....Frank

[Tom in N.J.]

I don't know,... they sure look like PLA to me... with a lot of captured US equipment. The guy in the foreground is wearing Chinese shoes, and padded pants,....!!

[Mark in Rochester]

I don't know,... they sure look like PLA to me... with a lot of captured US equipment. The guy in the foreground is wearing Chinese shoes, and padded pants,....!!

Could it be South Korean troops with PLA captured equipment? Photographer was a US guy - hard to think the north would let him in to shoot photos

[Bob Seijas]

"The Bug Out Boogie," sung to the tune of Hank Snow's "Movin' On":

A thousand Chinks comin' down the pass
Playin' the Burp Gun Boogie on a doggie's a$$,
They're buggin' out ...

[Mark in Rochester]

In 1950, country artist Hank Snow did a song called Movin' On. Its lyrics began:

That big eight-wheeler rollin' down the track
Means your true-lovin' daddy ain't comin' back
'Cause I'm movin' on, I'll soon be gone
You were flyin' too high, for my little old sky
So I'm movin' on

This tune was played on Armed Forces Radio throughout Asia, among other places. Of course it was inevitable that in the back-and-forth fighting in Korea in 1950 that some wag would take this tune and write lyrics that would, in time, come to be the unofficial anthem of the war -- The Bugout Boogie.

The Army was so sensitive about the subject that it was officially forbidden and you could lose your stripes for singing it in front of the wrong officer.

The song was alleged to have been originally sung by the black soldiers of the 24th Infantry Regiment, and some versions of the song include the line:

"When them Chinese mortars begins to thud, the Old Deuce-Four begin to bug."

Perhaps, but the fact of the matter was that the song was sung in just about every Army unit in Korea, often with a sister unit's name inserted. For example, this is the version sung by some members of the 2nd Infantry Division which makes fun of the 1st Cavalry Division

Hear the patter of running feet
It's the old First Cav in full retreat
They're moving on;
they'll soon be gone
They're haulin' ***, not savin' gas
They'll soon be gone.

Over on that hill there's a Russian tank
A million Chinks are on my flank
I'm movin' on,
I'll soon be gone
With my M-1 broke,it ain't no joke
I'll soon be gone.

Million Chinks comin' through the pass
Playin' burp-gun boogie all over my ***
I'm movin' on,
I'll soon be gone
I'll soon be gone
I'm haulin' ***,
not savin' gas
I'll soon be gone.

"Lordy, Lordy, won't you listen to me,
The colonel said 'Stand!'
But it ain't gonna be,
'Cause we're buggin' out,
Yes, we're movin' on . . ."
We're haulin' ***,
not savin' gas
We'll soon be gone.


Here's papa-san comin' down the track
Old A-frame strapped to his back
He's moving on;
he'll soon be gone
he's haulin' ***,
not savin' gas
He'll soon be gone.

Here's mama-san comin' down the track
Titty hangin' out, baby on her back
She's moving on; she'll soon be gone
From her tits to her toes,
she's damn near froze
She'll soon be gone.

I sung this song for the very last time
Gonna get Korea off my mind
I'm moving on;
I'll soon be gone
I done my time in the **** and slime
I'm movin' on.

[Bill Hollinger]

I just Love Hank Snow!