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U.S. SOLDIERS' SUPERSTITION
AMONG AMERICAN SOLDIERS STATIONED IN SOUTH VIETNAM, IT WAS CONSIDERED
GOOD LUCK TO BREAK A MIRROR.
Submitter comment:
THE RATIONALE WAS THAT SINCE BREAKING A MIRROR NORMALLY BRINGS
SEVEN YEAR'S BAD LUCK, AND SINCE A TOUR OF DUTY LASTS ONLY ONE
YEAR, THE SOLDIER WOULD HAVE TO LIVE THROUGH HIS TOUR OF DUTY IN
ORDER TO SUFFER THE REMAINING SIX YEARS OF BAD LUCK. IN VIETNAM
LIVING WAS CONSIDERED LUCKY.
Where learned: SOUTH VIETNAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
GRAFFITO
"SUPPOSE THEY HELD A WAR AND NOBODY CAME?"
Where learned: SOUTH VIETNAM ; Vietnam ; ARMY LATRINE ; AHN KHE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
GRAFFITO
"THE U.S. ARMY CONSISTS OF THE UNEDUCATED LEADING THE UNWILLING
IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE UNNECESSARY."
Where learned: SOUTH VIETNAM ; Vietnam ; ARMY LATRINE ; AHN KHE
James Callow Keyword(s): PARAMOION: REPETITION AT THE BEGINNINGS OF WORDS ; SATIRE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: CA00001969