Much of it, originally titled "The Ballad of the Green Beret," was actually composed before Sadler served as a medic in Vietnam. He was there about six months before a punji stick pierced the side ...

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

The U.S. Army Band "Country Roads" honors the legacy of the Special Forces with a heartfelt performance of "Ballad of the Green Berets." Originally written and performed by Green Beret Staff Sgt ...

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 ...

Let's step into The Breakfast Show's musical time machine and set the dials for this week in 1966. These were the songs DJ's were spinning on the radio 51 years ago.

EPR DeForest / Ballad of the Green Berets / Vietnam / In March 1966, a controversial song touched the hearts of Americans displeased with the growing movement opposing U.S. involvement in the ...

Author and journalist Marc Leepson will talk about his book, "Ballad of the Green Beret" and sign copies from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at City Center Gallery and Books, 112 Hay St. in downtown Fayetteville.

ST. PAT CAP SLAP BURNS BRAVEST; SAD BALLAD OF GREEN BERETS AS FDNY BANS GEAR By Patrick Gallahue Published March 16, 2005, 5:00 a.m. ET ...

This song, popular in 1966, praised the Green Berets' work in Vietnam, at about the time when the public response to American participation in the war began to include radical opposition. Location ...