8th of November 1965

[SEATJERKER]

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...There is a song out by the country artists "Big & Rich" titled,...

,..."8th of November" 1965 is the year stated, and it lists the 173rd, and a specific battle in which 30 men took on 1200 of the enemy, and only 2 survived,...

...The third herd, 173rd as called, Ok, any way to find out the issues spoken of in regards to the song,...

... I know they just were on a CMT special, in which I caught the very end, and they were in Vietnam filming,...

...Welcome Home,...

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...edit,...

...found the lyrics on the album "Cummin" to your city,...


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Said goodbye to his momma as he left South Dakota
To fight for the red, white and blue
He was 19 and green with a new M-16
Just doing what he had to do
He was dropped in the jungle where the choppers would rumble
With the smell of napalm in the air
And the sergeant said...look up ahead
Like a dark evil cloud, 1,200 came down on him and 29 more
They fought for their lives but most of them died in the 173rd Airborne

[Chorus:]

On the 8th of November the angels were crying
As they carried his brothers away
With the fire raining down and the hell all around
There were few men left standing that day
Saw the eagle fly through a clear blue sky
1965, the 8th of November

Now he's 58 and his pony tail's gray
But the battle still plays in his head
He limps when he walks but he's strong when he talks
About the Shrapnel they left in his leg
He puts on a gray suit over his Airborne tattoo
And he ties it on one time a year
And remembers that fallen as he orders a tall one
And swallows it down with his tears

[Chorus]

Saw the eagle fly through a clear blue sky
1965...
On the 8th of November the angels were crying
As they carried his brother away
With the fire raining down and the hell all around
There were few men left standing that day

[Chorus]

Said goodbye to his momma as he left South Dakota
TO fight for the red, white and blue
He was nineteen and green with a new M-16
Just doing what he had to do


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