80s movie with soldiers marching to a cadence

I seem to recall watching a move - probably from the '80s , probably a comedy-that features a group of soldiers running or marching to the cadence:
"I don't know but I believe, I'll be home by Christmas Eve.
Sound off, 1-2, Sound off 3-4!"
Anyone recall the movie??

I've changed the thread title to be more descriptive, per the warning beneath the title field:



This is presumably why you had to try so many titles: because all of them were vague/didn't tell the reader anything about what you were looking for.

thanks!

Maybe Stripes 1981.

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Stripes?

Full Metal Jacket?

haha...thanks. that's the idea....but not the "song" I'm looking for.
I wonder if there are any more 'cadence' scenes in Stripes...

I don't know if this will help, but I found this by searching Google.

Military Jodies? - mudcat.org
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Sep 26, 1997 · 101 posts · 92 authors
One style was done in the movie "Battleground" and was recorded as "Sound ... I don't know but I believe, I'll be home by Christmas Eve.

The problem is that the thread on that website is so old that it doesn't seem to exist anymore. Also, the only war movie with the title "Battleground" is from 1949.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041163/reference/

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There's a 1990 movie called Cadence, although I haven't seen it:

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gbgoodies + thanks. i also came up with that when i googled!

death proof- thanks for that, but not the one....

im beginning to wonder if i just dreamt this....

thanks for that whit....but not the one��*♂️

What about Private Benjamin?

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Heard it, while I was in the Philippines, in the sixties, over the radio. Must be a WW2 cadence.
Anyone know the complete cadence?

It's a real cadence, but I can't find the movie it's used in.

Here are some sites listing that cadence:
University of Detroit Mercy

Grunt.com

Note that it is pretty standard for American servicemembers (all uniformed services!) to sing cadences when marching (or running). Also for ROTC groups in colleges. Potentially any movie that has Americans marching could have a cadence. Cadences have been used this way by the American armed forces since 1944.
The one you are talking about seems ironic to me. I am guessing the characters were expecting to be home by Christmas Eve, but then weren't. This might help us determine what war it was.