A Green Beret remembered: Veteran honored for service, role in No. 1 song 5016935-0-4 5016931-1-4 ...

The song was "The Ballad of the Green Berets," and in the spring of 1966 it hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts, eventually becoming the year's biggest seller. Sadler knew of what he sang.

Barry Sadler was a member of the United States Special Forces who was wounded in Vietnam during mid-1965. By January 30, 1966, he had recovered and debuted his hit song on The Ed Sullivan Show.

Ghost of the Green Beret I'M A LUCKY ONE, By S/Sgt. Barry Sadler. MacMillan, 185 pp. $3.95. By Linda J. Greenhouse March 4, 1967 ...

RCA flipped. Just prior to Christmas 1965, Sadler was rushed into a studio to cut a version of The Ballad Of The Green Berets with a 15-piece orchestra and chorus, headed by arranger-conductor Sid ...

The story behind "Last Out: Elegy of a Green Beret" begins in 2013 when Mann left the Army. Like so many veterans, he said his experience transitioning to civilian life was like a punch in the gut ...

ARLINGTON, Va. -- On a crisp autumn morning, a group of Green Berets stood at the grave of John F. Kennedy as the morning sun began to rise over the Nation's capital. Located just below the ...