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Several versions of a song called "D-Day Dodgers", set to the tune "Lili Marleen" (a favourite song of all troops in the North African Campaign – the British Eighth Army was a veteran formation from that theatre before landing in Italy), were sung with gusto in the last months of the war, and at post-war reunions.
Henderson collected the lyrics to "D-Day Dodgers," a satirical song to the tune of "Lili Marlene", attributed to Lance-Sergeant Harry Pynn, who served in Italy. Henderson also wrote the lyrics to " The 51st (Highland) Division's Farewell to Sicily ", set to a pipe tune called "Farewell to the Creeks".
D-Day was the day of the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944. D-Day may also refer to: Designation of days ... All pages with titles containing D-Day; D-Day Dodgers, ...
Three veterans slammed former President Trump as a “draft dodger” and argued he is unfit to be commander in chief in a new video from President Biden’s reelection campaign unveiled Thursday ...
Around 200 veterans attended this year’s D-Day event in Normandy, the youngest in their 90s and some over 100.
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D. D-Day Dodgers; Dac-am plecat, Ardealule, din tine; Dear Mom (Glenn Miller song) Der Fuehrer's Face (song) Do Your Ears Hang Low? Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans; Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (with Anyone Else but Me) Dziś do ciebie przyjść nie mogę
While reading about Nancy Astor I came across the following version of the origin story: A soldier wrote to her signing of as or on behalf of D-Day Dodger(s), she wrote back Dear D-Day Dodger(s). An officer who was censoring letter for his unit opened the letter, and was the source of the story.