22 May 2006

In the middle distance, two pairs of powerplant smokestacks framed the camp. Soldiers called them Scud goalposts. A squad doing p.t. - physical training - jogged past. The troops in unison answered a sergeant's jody call:

Momma and me lyin' in bed,
Momma turns to me and Momma says,
Gimme gimme p.t.
Good for you and good for me.

Exerpt from 'In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat' , Rick Atkinson

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