老兵永远不死

老战士永不死”是英语的口号,完整版是“老战士永不死,它们会消失”。它是由士兵的民俗歌曲《Old Soldiers Never Die》中的一段组成的:老兵永不死 永不死,永不死, 老兵永不死 它们只是消失了。[1]这首歌本身就是英国陆军对福音歌曲《 Kind Thoughts Can Never Die》的模仿。[2]

1951年4月19日,麦克阿瑟在国会大厦发表了题为《老兵不死》的著名演讲

参考资料

  1. Soldiers’ Songs and Slang of the Great War, collected by Martin Pegler, ISBN 9781472804150, p. 123; an update of John Brophy and Eric Partridge's Songs and Slang of the British Soldier (1930)
  2. 1894-1979., Partridge, Eric. . Beale, Paul. 2nd. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1985. ISBN 0203379950. OCLC 57445962.
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