My dad was a Marine in WWII, and I've loved this song ever since I first heard it as a kid in 1966.

But the audio in the version posted here is AWFUL. Here's a much better one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX4Flhw0HSA

And Arthurstone: go soak your head, you little twit.

WE generally expunge the stonedroppings when we see them.

"WE generally expunge the stonedroppings when we see them."

He is a persistent little nagging itch, ain't he? Too bad there isn't a spray you can use to be finally rid of the little troll as he seems immune to the continual rhetorical shaming he gets when he does stop by.

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When I entered the Army, deep in the last millennium, Vietnam was barely over. The Army still had World War 2 vets on active duty, and more than a few.

The Special Forces NCOs I came to know well were all Vietnam veterans (MSG Norton: "The happiest six years of my life were in Vietnam") and without exception, they held Sadler in contempt. But it wasn't really because of the song. They told me he was a phony who shirked hard duty.

I do not know one way or the other. But that's what they said.

They weren't crazy about the song, either, mainly because SF types do not want publicity, good, bad, or indifferent.

They didn't seem to be carrying very much ammunition.

I went into SF shortly after the Song and the Movie became famous. The Flash {Red} worn by Sadler and some of the others was the 7th Special Forces Group Flash. The 5th Special Forces Group was the Group that was in Vietnam, the Flash worn by John Wayne.

The stories I heard about Sadler was that he really liked the "sauce", but I never met him. There was some resentment after the song became popular, the Pentagon would've loved to ride that for all it was worth. Sending him {Sadler} all over the place for the publicity as the anti war movement was growing.