The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944

by Ian W. Toll

“Bless ’em All”: They sent for the Navy to come to Tulagi, The gallant Navy agreed; With one thousand sections In different directions, My God! What a fucked-up stampede! (Chorus) Fuck ’em all! Fuck ’em all! The long and the short and the tall; Fuck all the swabbies and dogfaces too, Fuck all the generals and above all fuck you! So we’re saying goodbye to them all, As back to our foxholes we crawl; There’ll be no promotion on MacArthur’s ocean, So cheer up marines, fuck ’em all!36