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[kevplumb]

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last train to clarksville

 

[seco services]

kev thats either a big train or your a midget.

 

[kevplumb]

that is one big loco fella

 

[joe-90]

Isn't a 'loco fella' a nutter?

 

[seco services]

i never took you as a train spotter.

 

[kevplumb]

last train to clarksville

only a kick in the ass down the road so went to see it

was actually a kick in the guts

but thats another story

 

[diane1]

....thanks Kev!!...

apparently...guys would take the last train.....so they could spend more time with their families.....just in case!!...

 

[kevplumb]

yup and its a bit harsh on the old emotions when you stand on the slabs that used to be the platform

i broke up and ****ed off to the parking lot

 

[Stivino]

Is the Clarksville the train's going to the same Clarkesville as in the song?

 

[kevplumb]

there is an airbase at the end of the line clarksville was a staging post one of the big ones for the lads getting shipped out to nam

 

[oompah]

Found this on wikipedea how accurate it is who knows.

Though the Clarksville in the song's title appears to refer to the city of Clarksville, Tennessee — and by implication to nearby Fort Campbell, Kentucky, which is home to the 101st Airborne Division — Hart, who did not create the theme for the song, states that this is a coincidence and that the choice of the name "Clarksville" was settled on for the way it sounded, after similar names like Clarkdale had been rejected. There are a few other "Clarksvilles" in the U.S., near military training centers, where the song could be set, which helped to make the song a favorite for many people during the Vietnam War. Phillip E. Meyers, who conceived the theme for the song, said that it is specifically intended to imply Fort Campbell and any military center near the other Clarksvilles. The song is not intended to be a protest, but a sensitive focus upon the sacrifices that the US soldiers and their families were making to serve in Vietnam. The reason they were taking the last train was because they wanted to spend all of their last hours with their families before possibly dying in Vietnam.

 

[kevplumb]

near enough

thanks fella

 

[kevplumb]

enhougfh of all yer clart

where is that darn attractive bird i was pulling last night