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Roy Rolling

(7,623 posts)
1. An anthem of the Vietnam War
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 05:19 AM
12 hrs ago

I’m embarrassed to say I owned this song on 45rpm vinyl.

On edit: I’m not embarrassed to say I signed up for the draft but wasn’t called.

Unlike our piece-of-shit president whose daddy paid for him to evade military service. Come to think of it, nobody from the entire, traitorous, piece-of-shit Trump family has served in the U.S. military.

Keepthesoulalive

(2,277 posts)
2. They used to play it at Palisades Amusement Park
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 05:24 AM
12 hrs ago

It was torn down to build a trump atrocity.

twodogsbarking

(18,659 posts)
3. It is good for countries that use it to prop up their economies.
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 07:10 AM
10 hrs ago

Saw them at the first Earth Day celebration in DC

Morbius

(990 posts)
5. War is a Racket
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 07:44 AM
9 hrs ago

Major General Smedley Butler. Book released in 1935; 91 years ago. Spot on and it made no difference.

Vinca

(53,926 posts)
6. Believe it or not, I have an oldies CD in my car and play this every so often. Great song at a horrible time.
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 07:52 AM
9 hrs ago

Then, of course, Seinfeld picked it up and I was singing it again.

Wild blueberry

(8,283 posts)
8. Somehow I've been playing this just about every day
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 03:18 PM
2 hrs ago

Knew it from American War on Vietnam days. Still GREAT song.
Thank you.

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