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The song “The Ballad of the Green Berets,” sung by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler, hit No. 1 on the U.S. music charts on this day in history, March 5, 1966.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Unlike many songs that would emerge from the Vietnam War era<\/a>, “The Ballad of the Green Berets” painted the American military in a relatively positive light.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The song’s title refers to the colloquial name of the United States Army Special Forces, who wear green berets as part of their uniform.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The song’s opening verse refers to the Green Berets as “fearless men who jump and die,” and as “men who mean just what they say.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

The song’s chorus calls the group “America’s best,”<\/a> and notes that “100 men will test today, but only three win the Green Beret.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

The song continues, “Trained to live off nature’s land, trained in combat hand-to-hand<\/a>, men who fight by night and day, courage peak from the Green Berets.”<\/p>\n

The third verse departs starkly from the upbeat tone of the first two, stating, “Back at home a young wife waits, her Green Beret has met his fate.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

The song goes on, “He has died for those oppressed, leaving her his last request.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

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His last request, of course, is for his son to become<\/a> a Green Beret himself.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Make him one of America’s best. He’ll be a man they’ll test one day, have him win the Green Beret,” says the song.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sadler himself was a Green Beret<\/a>, joining the U.S. Army in 1962 after a successful stint in the U.S. Air Force, notes Britannica.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sadler volunteered for the Special Forces and served as a medic.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He finished his training in December 1963, said the encyclopedia.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Less than two years after he finished his training, Sadler was injured by a punji stick \u2014 a booby-trapped stake \u2014 in Vietnam, forcing him to return home to the United States, says History.com.\u00a0<\/p>\n

During his hospitalization and recovery from his injury, Sadler wrote an “epic ballad” about the Green Berets and submitted it to music publishers, says Britannica.<\/p>\n

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Robin Moore, author of the nonfiction book, “<\/i>The Green Berets,” assisted Sadler in trimming down the ballad significantly, notes the website.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Moore is credited as a co-writer of “The Ballad of the Green Berets.”<\/p>\n

Initially, the song was distributed only among the military, says History.com, but was later picked up by recording company RCA Records.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“Within two weeks of its major-label release, \u2018The Ballad of the Green Berets\u2019 had sold more than a million copies, going on to become Billboard magazine\u2019s No. 1 single for all of 1966,” the site also said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sadler left the military in 1967, but was unable to replicate his musical success.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Instead, he became an author, writing 29 pulp fiction books, said Britannica.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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In the 1980s, Sadler would move to Guatemala City. It was there that his life would take a tragic turn.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 1988, Sadler was shot while sitting in a car. The injuries from the gunshot would render Sadler quadriplegic and brain-damaged, said Britannica.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sadler died on Nov. 5, 1989, at the Alvin C. York Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

He was just 49 years old, said an Associated Press article about his death.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/this-day-history-march-5-1966-patriotic-song-ballad-green-berets-hits-no-1 <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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