词汇 | the army air corps |
词源 | the Army Air Corps. There is no Army Air Corps now, but a lot of people remember when there was and know the words to “The Army Air Corps,” written by Robert Crawford, which won first prize in a 1939 Army Air Force competition. It begins: “Off we go into the wild blue yonder, / Climbing high into the sun . . .” See anchor’s aweigh. |
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