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Posted 3/1/2006 9:05 AM


JR's Chick

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I'm sure there has been a lot of variety to the ceremony of donning the cord over the years.  When I put my brother's on him, it was called the 'Turning Blue' ceremony, and it was a day before his OSUT graduation.  They were in Class B's (short sleeve, open collar) and me, JR, my mom and sister all went into the formation and I slapped it on him.  That was summer 03.

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Posted 3/2/2006 8:09 AM


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I think this whole thing about how many knots and what they stand for is just another example of "urban legends" in the Army. How many of you counted the beads on your dog tag chains to see if there were 365 on the long one and 52 on the short one? I did. And I never found one that had that. The cord is probably just that.......a blue cord to denote one's service in the Infantry.....no "DaVinci Code" inner-circle meaning. Just my opinion.

        

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Posted 3/2/2006 9:56 AM


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That being said, isn't most of the things we hold sooo dear to us from our military service simply myth and stories?  How many people have broken a "truk" to see if it really breaks into 13 pieces to represent the 13 original colonies, really contains a .45 bullet, a single edged razor and a wooden match? 

Do you listen to yourself when you talk; or do you just fade in and out?

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Posted 3/2/2006 9:58 AM


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jumperb501 (3/2/2006)
The cord is probably just that.......a blue cord to denote one's service in the Infantry.....no "DaVinci Code" inner-circle meaning.

Good stuff.


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Posted 3/2/2006 10:23 AM


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bluefalcon (3/2/2006)
That being said, isn't most of the things we hold sooo dear to us from our military service simply myth and stories?  How many people have broken a "truk" to see if it really breaks into 13 pieces to represent the 13 original colonies, really contains a .45 bullet, a single edged razor and a wooden match? 

Blue, I'm still trying to find the buried hatchet at the base of the flagpole!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

        

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