***11/08/07***
I reposted this today. Go here if you’d like to comment. Thanks.
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Compare THIS video to the latest Dixie Chicks video…I think I’ll stick with the real musicians (the ones that still HAVE a fan base)
Sorry about the autostart, but I can’t seem to convince it not to in Firefox, no matter what I do to the code.
****UPDATE*****
Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who’s taken the time to visit, listen to the video, and comment.
****UPDATE2*****
Please, please, go read my follow-up post, with some of the background to this wonderful song. And if you know how to capture the video I linked to there, please let me know, as I would really like to post it.
**11/08/07**
I changed the video code as the old one no longer seemed to be working.
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Tammy this is so special. How can I ever thank you for posting this. I love your blog and you. Thank you for touching so many lives by being you.
wow, thats very touching.
This is wonderful. You did a fantastic job!
I’ve watched this 3 times. I’m spaming my email list with the addy. This is really a great video.
That’s really good, Tammy.
Well, I can’t get it to work, but I assume that this is more conservative than what the “Chicks” said about the war and such. All I have to say is…can’t we all just get along? Everybody seems to be taking swipes at everyone else and it just seems kinda sad. Whether you support or don’t support the war, we should keep those who serve in our prayers…especially today.
Michele sent me. Hope you’re having a great Memorial Day!
Beautiful in every weay. Powerful to watch and to listen too, too!
What a powerful video! Thanks for posting this, Tammy. God bless America.
Incredibly moving! I feel so much gratitude for our warriors who go in our place to defend what we take for granted. God Bless us all as our nation struggles today to continue to support those who are now engaged in the same noble endeavor.
A beautiful and powerful reminder of the price of freedom.
Thanks be to Hugh Hewitt for linking this to his web site. I am hearing the song for the 2ND time as I write–saw B&R perform this on the CMA’S last week. There are tears running down my face as I listen and watch. These young men ARE STILL REAL HEROES!!!!! Thank God for our BRAVE SOLDIERS!! Sent with MUCH LOVE AND APPRECIATION for ALL they do and have done for us. THANK YOU!!!!!
This is so moving. We are so grateful to these heros and those who still serve who are fighting for freedom now – - the freedom for others. My prayers are with them all. Thank you for posting this fabulous reminder.
Thank you to all who have served. The Amercian spirit lives on.
Thanks to Big and Rich for this tribute to a generation of men disenfranchised by a society in turmoil.
Brings tears to my eyes and a pain in my heart.Thank you for the time and trouble to post this I will be “passing it around” to all that I know.
Just Thanks…..
I am sorry, I am a big Dixie Checks fan, and bought the
new CD first chance I got. Don VanSiclan is pulling
a joke on us.
It’s long overdue that we recognize the hell that is war. This song brings home the travesty and loss of human lives. We need to do whatever we can to prevent these disasters for our young folks.
Thank you for getting the message out.
God Bless America and all of us.
Peace
I really appreciate this video. But then you see, I was with the “HERD” on this operatioon. I was on hill 65, Operation HUMP, and will never forget it. Thank you for this tribute to the greatest soldiers this county has ever fielded.
A wonderful and heart warming tribute to those of us that didn’t come home……Thank you
this song is very emotional for any man or women who has served this great country duirng war and had to endure the loss of their brothers in arms. This song brings tears to my eyes and chills to my spine when ever I hear it. This vet wishes more artist would make songs like this to make sure the average american doesnt forget why soldiers die, not for the red white or blue but for the men to their left and right.
SFC Chuck Miller
10th Mountain Div (Li)
Somalia
Bosnia
Kosovo
Afghanistan
I am sorry again, I thought it was a get
the Dixie Chicks type thing. I is a great
video. When I lived in Texas a few years
back some of my best friends were from
“Nam, and very nice people. Lockheed
was nice to keep me out of the war back
in the ’60’s, I was an Aerospece Engineer.
David Lettermen asked
Now that al-Zarqawi is dead and gone, who is number one??
Ann Coulter
Sorry again!!!
God Bless you, Big and Rich. What a contrast to the Dixie Chicks. You “get it”. Charles M. Fore, USAF 1971-1975
To Big and Rich I say THANK YOU .This a wonderful, moving tribute to those who serve , past and present. I think the valor and bravery of our men and women sometimes gets lost in the politics of fighting wars. As a VietNam vet, 67-68, I pray for the safe return of all those in harms way.
When its all said and done soldiers fight for each otherin their own squad or platoon and pray to god theyare able to hold it together and not let them down.
SGT Aco 70th cmbt engrs viet nam 68/69
I would like to thank you for this web page. I also would like to say Thank You to all VietNam Vets, I am proud to carry on the tradtion of such brave men and women.
US Air Force, Iraqi Freedom Vet
Outstanding, thank you. 101st Airborne Div., Viet Nam 1970.
I bought a great book at the outlet mall on the Res. Gerald Nicosia’s “Home
to War” , A history of the Vietnam Veteran’s Movement. When they came home, their battle was not over. The story of one of them was made into a Tom Cruse movie. Also, I saw the Al Gore movie yesterday with foxy Michele. Right wing or Left wing, please go see, great stuff. Also saw a preview of “Who Killed the Electric Car?” coming out in a week or two, should be good., see that also.
Sorry again, the movie starred not Tom Cruse, but Jon Voight. It is “Coming Home”,also staring a favorite of many of you, Jane Fonda. It is about Ron Kovic, a wheelchair bound vet. The movie is still listed on Amazon.com. I watched Jon Vought’s daughter on CNN for two hours the other night.
I got all twisted around, it has been 20 years. The Tom Cruse movie is “Born on the Fourth of July”. It is the story of Ron Kovic. The Jon Voight, Jane Fonda movie is “coming Home”. Both great movies. Iused to go to the movies with my friend Hanh, Hanh from Siagon. A great lawer in Dallas.
thanks for the site n background story
Thanks. It’s great.
Tammy, and all those who have added comments, thank you. I cannot express the emotion I am experiencing as I listen to the words and music. I find it hard to even see the keys as I pound out these words, my tears blurr my vision, please accept the thanks from this twice Vietnam Vet, and one who was there as the events unfolded on the dates of this action. I was in a support unit, in the air. This is such a wonderful, emotional song, thank you again Tammy, and all those positive remarks for our present and soon to be Veterans from yet another conflict. Freedom Is Not Free. thanks much,
Hugh
Please, folks, don’t deface these comment pages with personal political feelings, it’s still very hard for the Vietnam Vets, we try to forgive and forget. May God richly bless our country and our military, who make it possible to write these words.
I just bought the DVD for the Tom Cruse movie is “Born on the Fourth of Julyâ€. You people got me thinking. i will look at it tonight. The Vets. of all wars need all the help they can get. In Orange County, CA there is a great monument to the Vietnamese Vets also, they did their part.
My thanks to all who over the years have given there all.
Great song,need more.
Wld Bill
82nd Division,Airborne
Definitely bought it all back into perspective , I could smell it. Thanks John Reiley Pleiku ‘69
I used to go the the movies with my friend Hanh from Siagon, sometimes bring her son and/or one of her brothers kids. We went about a mile from Valley Ranch. HQ of the Dallas Cowboys She is very nice, the movie I remember most is Hannibal with Anthony Hopkins. I sat there and looked through my fingers. She sat there a laffed, ha, ha. Even she jumped when Hannibal took off the top of the guys head and ate his brains. I have to give her a call, her sisiter is cute too.
I was on this operation in 1965. Big & Rich have done a great job writing this song and bringing recognition to the men who served, and to the men who died.
The soldiers I served with in the 1/503rd were the finest: well trained, professional, skilled, motivated. They were America’s future.
Where do we get such men?
I heard this very touching song and knew there was no way such a incredible story could be the imagination of songwriters. I was so moved, I was compelled to check the internet on the significance and story of the 8th of November, 1965. I write with tears in my eyes, as I have and always have had the respect of those who fought the bitter, useless battles of the Vietnam war. I only wish there was more to show for the effort than some touching but tragic stories and a lot of fallen “kids”. Thanks to Big and Rich for bringing another touching story to those of us who may not have lived it, but who respect those who fought blindly for a cause still yet to be figured out. Thanks to all of the servicemen and women who fought for all causes in every war and police action!
This song is really touching.My uncle was killed in this battle,only 18 yrs old.I think he was in B company.The report said he was injured but refused treatment.He died because of those injuries.So many people had the same outcome.How could they be so brave?
Where do we get such men?I personally think they come from such families.
I give thanks to my uncle Herman Brown and all other Veterans.
Thank you to all those who keep this country great, and to all those that remember them
To John Swartch:
I am a vet. Not a Vietnam vet but a vet. I and I’m sure most would appreciate it if you keep your obvious arrogance and ignorant comments to yourself. Please stop apologizing, it’s so obvious and disingenuous. Stop insulting the people that sacrifice for your freedom as well as the people that support them.
Michael:
What you say about me is not important. The important thing is a lot of Vets, like Ron Kovic and many others, felt that they got a raw deal after they got back. Now there is that thing is Iraq. Maybe these guys, and gals, will be given a better deal. Let us hope so. I am not important one way or the other.
I’m a ‘Nam Vet 66-68. Many thanks fo posting this most powerful music. To my knowledge it’s the only song ever dedicated to any of us.
My brothers deserve not your pity or your tears, but rather your acknowledgment of service performed in pride and honor, and your respect.
Well done Big & Rich, and Welcome Home my brothers. We keep the faith. RGH 6th Bn/ 4POG
Thank you for posting this video. My neighbor was wounded in this battle — his Medic received the “Blue Max” for his valor that day.
When my neighbor heard this song on the Country Music Awards, it was the first time since returning from Vietnam – nearly 40 years, that he felt that his sacrafice and that of his peers was acknowledged in a manner that was meaningful. He struggles still with his experience. I wasn’t born when he left, so there is much I don’t understand. When I asked how to respectfully thank him for his sacrafice he offered the following:
Say simply “thank you. If the Vet asks for what, say, and mean, thank you for my freedom.”
Thank you.
Just a short note to say that I just saw the video on the CMT ( Country Music TV) channel this morning while switching between channels. Good stuff. I also saw the song “California Girls”, also good stuff.
I would like to say thank you and welcome home to our Vietnam Vets. Myself being born in 73′, drives a 68′ Buick, works on Hueys on a daily basis and slotted at a Flight Medic. We are proud of our veterans and battle proven aircraft as we serve our stateside MEDEVAC missions.
2-832nd MEDEVAC
Hueys Rule !
Great song and Video, sissycityboy rascalflattsshaniaDixiechick music sure gets old.
I’m a daughter of a vet , my ex (and father of my son) is an active duty Navy CB preparing for his third trip to Iraq, a good friend of mine lost his right arm in Iraq and Lance (above) is a good friend of mine. The military has always a big part of my life, I have always felt the pride that some have just found in our country. The video (and song) is great but for me, I think of the war constantly on a very personal level and it is just one more thing that reminds me of the hell that my friends and family live with everyday. Sorry but when I listen to the radio or watch CMT I want an escape from reality and war. I don’t need a song or video to convince me to be patriotic. Sorry lance but even a cowgirl likes to listen to that sissycityboy rascalflattsshaniaDixiechick music sometimes!
I give thanks every day to the men and woman that have sacrificed life, limb and precious time away from family so that I can raise my son in a safe and free country!
I bought another book at the outlet amll. This is about the best known Irag vet. Something new, a nice looking lady. I am sure we all wish thw best for Jessica Lynch. I think she is going to college in West Virginia. Go Jessica.
“River Rat” is a term of honor given to one another by those that served on river boats in the “Brown Water Navy” in Vietnam. Many of us feel that the only thing criminal about Vietnam was the way we were treated upon returning to “the World”. Those scars run as deep as any left by the War. All the parades,monuments, movies and songs will not erace the sense of betrayal by our Country that many of us still feel.If you sense bitterness in this, your right.