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During the Vietnam War American enlsted/drafted personnel started using the phrase in resonse to the overall conditions of battle, insurgent attacks, and what seemed ludicrous orders and claims by high ranking officers and politicians back in the States. Essentially, we meant that as long as we were alive, nothing else mattered.
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