"I Wouldn't Give A Bean To Be A Fancy Pants Marine, I'd rather Be A Dogface Soldier Like I Am."

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United States Marine Corps
Original Language: English

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Bert Gold & Ken Hart, "Dogface Soldier" (1942). The song quickly proved popular with soldiers of the United States Army's 3rd Infantry Division and was adopted as the official division song while Major General Lucian K. Truscott, Jr. was the division commander in 1943-1944.