Comments for Rodger Young.

Rodger Young.

2005-12-11T20:01:56Z

Have you read Heinlein's Starship Troopers (vice the crap movie), and wondered, however briefly, the source of the music played over the speakers to the Mobile Infantry on the... Rodger Young?

No, they've got no time for glory in the Infantry,
No, they've got no use for praises loudly sung,
But in every soldier's heart in all the Infantry
Shines the name, shines the name of Rodger Young.

Well, click here. Now you know.

Comment from Raymond B on 2005-12-13

2005-12-14T03:01:07Z

I love the movie Starship Troopers. Raymond B www.voteswagon.com

Comment from WV.Hillbilly on 2005-12-12

2005-12-12T16:15:54Z

We used to sing this song in music class when I was in grade school.

Comment from Chadd on 2005-12-12

2005-12-12T15:45:06Z

I became aware that he was a MOH recipient when I went through the "movement under direct fire" range down at Ft Benning when I was going through the basic course back in '94. Appropriately enough, the range is named "Rodger Young" range. Starship Troopers was one of the books on the Infantry School's professional reading list for lieutenants, so the majority of us had read it by the time we went through, but I did not know the details associated with the story. Thanks for providing.

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2005-12-12

2005-12-12T11:30:36Z

Wonder if Arlo Guthrie, he of Alice's Restaurant (a great song, regardless) approved of the song about the Reuben James, it having been written by his father, Woody Guthrie.

Comment from Steve Skubinna on 2005-12-11

2005-12-12T05:39:48Z

My parents had a Burl Ives album with that song. So far that's the only rendition of it I've ever heard. I also recall a folk album of my parents' (think it was the Gateway Singers) with a song about the USS Reuben James, a destroyer torpedoed by a U-boat prior to the US entry in the Second World War. Odd to think there was a time when performers, as a rule, did not depsise the military.

Comment from kat-missouri on 2005-12-11

2005-12-12T01:55:12Z

Heh..thanks John. Great reminder.

Comment from Barb on 2005-12-11

2005-12-11T20:35:02Z

That's awesome! I was aware that he was a MOH recipient, but not the details of his personal life, or the actions for which he was recognized. Thanks for that great link!

Comment from beth on 2005-12-11

2005-12-11T20:20:20Z

That's a great story. It made me cry, but it's a great story.