"Twin Tailed Lightning"

(Sung to the tune of "Running Bear.")

In the jungles of New Guinea, the Headhunters carved their nameThey were brave and they were fearless, downing Zeros was their gameFrom the beaches of Port Moresby, it was three miles to their dromeT'was a dirt strip carved in a hillside, this is the place they called their home

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Twin Tailed Lightning was their warplane

As they roamed Pacific skies

Searching out the sons of Nippon

Sending them to their demise

They were known not as a number, but as a name denoting fearA tiny native was their logo, making history for all to hearWith names like Homer, Norb Ruff and Murphy, Cragg and Robbins, and Kirby tooThey swept the sky clean of the Jap menaceAnd came back victors when they flew

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They flew out from their airdrome in their Lightnings climbing highLooking up to find some Zeros, gonna blow them from the skyAll the odds were against them, all they had were their planesAnd some friends down in the jungle, who made sure they'd fly again

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Making aces was their standard, two-hundred kills even moreWith fifty cal and twenty mike-mike, they always ran up their meatball scoreAbout the odds they never worried, from tree top level they'd cut 'em downAnd when they landed from their melees, they would drink and f*ck around

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"JUVATS!!!"

NOTE:  "Twin Tailed Lightning" was written by Lt Col Robert L. "Robbie" Robbins to honor his father, Lt Gen Jay T. Robbins, the leading Ace of the 8th Fighter Group of WWII and 80th Fighter Squadron Commander from 27 Dec 1943 - 4 Oct 1944. It was written in the Fall of 1982 while Robbie was in the 80th FS at Kunsan, Korea. It is now our Squadron Song--sung by the Juvat Boys' Choir at every singing engagement.