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Matt0071895 t1_j5pwu8c wrote

Isn’t that just the old Marine (and possibly Army) chant of “This one’s my rifle, this one’s my gun. This one’s for fighting, this one’s for fun” anyway?

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Soggy-Ad-4210 t1_j5s17uz wrote

That’s from the movie Full Metal Jacket

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Matt0071895 t1_j5xc26c wrote

The phrase is older than that. It dates back to 1942, maybe before, and was published in a book called “Battle Cry” by Leon Uris in 1953. “Full Metal Jacket” didn’t come out until 1987

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