Garryowen

I woke up to find the film 'The Quiet Man' airing again on AMC. On viewing this film I noticed something. Maybe last night's viewing of 'She Wore a Yellow Ribbon', which involved the 7th Cav, brought it to life.

Some of the background music in TQM is Garryowen. I didn't put it together until I remembered the music from SWYR. Both featured the Irish ditty, enriching both films. If you don't feel twelve feet tall after viewing both films back to back, then you are not a man. Clarification: You are not an American man.

Garryowen is the cry of the 7th Cavalry .

You will identify the 7th Cav with General Custer. I identify it with LtCol Hal Moore, and, of course, it's attached elements that Chief Scho was associated with, along with some really professional outfits:

2nd ID Crazy-Tough, Make that Insane-Tough, as they are stationed in the 'bowling alley'.
4th ID 1st ashore at Normandy, 1st into Baghdad.
1st CavDiv Nuff Said...
10th Mountain Div. An LID Light Fighters. Scouts Out.
3rd ID Palermo to Berlin. Murphy's Div. Nuff said...