“The Duckworth Chant” — In 1944, a young soldier named Willie Lee Duckworth introduced the first ever cadence to his platoon. This cadence, “Sound Off” (which you’re listening to right now) quickly spread throughout the Army and the tradition has stuck with the US military ever since This young black soldier took the African-American “work song” tradition and created a morale-boosting tradition that would last for decades. Thank you, and RIP to PVT Duckworth for wearing the title, “Soldier” and
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“The Duckworth Chant” — In 1944, a young soldier named Willie Lee Duckworth introduced the first ever cadence to his platoon. This cadence, “Sound Off” (which you’re listening to right now) quickly spread throughout the Army and the tradition has stuck with the US military ever since This young black soldier took the African-American “work song” tradition and created a morale-boosting tradition that would last for decades. Thank you, and RIP to PVT Duckworth for wearing the title, “Soldier” and
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