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After debating over the idea of desertion, O'Brien arrives in Vietnam in 1969 and spends a week at a base in Chu Lai (home to the Americal Division from approximately 1967 until 1971), receiving last-minute training such as mine sweeping and grenade throwing as well as the essential do's and don'ts of jungle warfare, before being sent to ...
The Vietnam War: 1936: Johnny Johnson: Kurt Weill: World War I: 1959: The Sound Of Music: Rodgers & Hammerstein: World War II: 1989: Miss Saigon: Claude-Michel Schönberg: The Vietnam War: 2016: Mula Sa Buwan: Myke Salomon: World War II: 1963: Oh, What A Lovely War! Joan Littlewood: World War I
News interest in the song helped, with the tenth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War seeing Hardcastle interviewed by Alastair Stewart of ITN. Tony Blackburn , then breakfast DJ for Radio London , was an early supporter of the song and it quickly reached number 1 in the UK and most of the world.
"Goodnight Saigon" is a song written by Billy Joel, originally appearing on his 1982 album The Nylon Curtain, about the Vietnam War. It depicts the situation and attitude of United States Marines beginning with their military training on Parris Island and then into different aspects of Vietnam combat.
"Make love, not war" is an anti-war slogan commonly associated with the American counterculture of the 1960s. It was used primarily by those who were opposed to the Vietnam War , but has been invoked in other anti-war contexts since, around the world.
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They are Lam Phương (b. 1937), who is best known for his love songs and ballads, traditional Cải lương, and Vietnamese patriotic music, Phạm Duy (b. 1921), and Trịnh Công Sơn (b. 1939), known as the "Bob Dylan of Vietnam" whose songs were sung by Khánh Ly.