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Thread #17109 Message #1272815
Posted By: GUEST,Lighter at work
15-Sep-04 - 05:24 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Down in the Valley
Subject: RE: Down in the Valley
American bomber crews in England during WWII sang as follows:
Down in Ruhr Valley, valley so low, Some chairborne bastard, says we must go.
Flak loves big bombers, fighters do too. P-51 boys, whe-ere are you?
Write me a letter, send it to me, Send it in care of, Stalag Luft III.
"Stalag Luft III" was a German prison camp for captured Allied fliers. Think "The Great Escape."