ers , ▁including ▁B ing ▁C ros by ▁and ▁Rud y ▁Val lee . ▁ ▁James ▁Jones ' s ▁award - win ning ▁ 1 9 5 1 ▁best s eller ▁From ▁Here ▁to ▁E tern ity , ▁about ▁American ▁soldiers ▁in ▁Hawai i ▁on ▁the ▁e ve ▁of ▁the ▁U . S . ▁entry ▁into ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁takes ▁its ▁title ▁from ▁Ki pling ' s ▁poem . ▁In ▁Robert ▁Hein lein ' s ▁novel ▁Star ship ▁Tro op ers ▁( 1 9 5 9 ), ▁the ▁poem ▁is ▁s ung ▁at ▁march ing ▁cad ence ▁by ▁Mobile ▁Infantry ▁officer ▁cad ets . ▁ ▁Billy ▁B rag g ▁bor rows ▁part ▁of ▁this ▁poem ▁in ▁his ▁song ▁" Is land ▁Of ▁No ▁Return " ▁on ▁his ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁album ▁B rew ing ▁Up ▁with ▁Billy ▁B rag g : ▁" Me ▁and ▁the ▁corpor al ▁out ▁on ▁the ▁sp ree , ▁Dam ned ▁from ▁here ▁to ▁E tern ity ". ▁Peter ▁Bell amy ▁recorded ▁it ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁for ▁his ▁priv ately ▁issued ▁c ass ette ▁Sold iers ▁Three . ▁This ▁recording ▁was ▁also ▁included ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁on ▁the ▁CD ▁re issue ▁of ▁Peter ▁Bell amy ▁S ings ▁the ▁Bar rack - Ro om ▁Ball ads ▁of ▁Rud yard ▁Ki pling . ▁ ▁The ▁song ▁is ▁spoken ▁of ▁in ▁The ▁Road ▁to ▁Kal am ata , ▁a ▁mem oir ▁by ▁soldier ▁of ▁fortune ▁Mike ▁Ho are , ▁who ▁led ▁several ▁mer