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Patton’s grave in Hamm, Luxemburg City, Luxemburg where 5,074 American soldiers are buried.  Patton is buried facing his troops. 

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War, War We need more War. Come patriots, Come comrades, Let’s all go to Waaaar! Raise your banners, Gather your muskets, Sharpen your swords, Let's all go to Waaaar! Won’t it be fun, To kill a man We do not know. To take his life And rape his wife. Let's all go to Waaaar! We need no cause That is because We just need War War, War, We need more Waaaar! Let’s all go to Waaaar! Little boy dreams Of wooden sticks And cardboard forts, Playing at War On a summer’s eve. Bam! Bam! Bam! Let's all go to Waaaar! Hup, two, three, four Buckle your shoe I’m off to War, Hup, two, three, four Let’s all go to Waaaar! March, March, March Let’s all March Through the Valley of Death Death, Death, Death Let’s all go to Waaaar! Death on the right Death on the left The shots rang out Ten Thousand died To save the king Waaaar! Waaaar! Waaaar! We need more Waaaar! Give us more Waaaar! Boots on the ground, Boys in a trench. Flanders’s field and Normandy’s shores, Hiroshima and Nagasaki too. Honor guards and monuments, One million crosses in a row. We’ll come and visit On a springtime day; Pay homage to all Who sacrificed. We’ll Lay flowers on their graves, In honor of those Who died this way Waaaar! Waaaar! Waaaar! We need more Waaaar! Hup, two, three, four, To white crosses on a hill

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