In Country: Folk Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War

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Product Description These are songs made by the men who served in the Viet Nam war. Some of these songs are descended from the traditional music of earlier wars, some grew out of the folksong revival of the late '50s am early '60s. Others come from rock, country, or blues tradition. In the words of General Edward Lansdale: ". . . they belong to the Americans who served in Southeast Asia and express their own emotions about a war, a people, and a land far from home." With Saul Broudy, Chip Dockery, James Patterson ("Bull") Durham, Bill Ellis, Toby Hughes, Dick Jonas, Chuck Rosenberg, Tom Price, Robin Thomas, Lisa Ellis, Sherry Hughes, Kathy Jonas. This product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply. Review Dick Jonas ". . . is the most prolific war song writer in the history of this country." -- Bill Getz in "Wild Blue Yonder" Of Dick Jonas, he is ". . . the best-known song writer of the air war. . ." -- Dr Lydia Fish Of the songs on "Incountry" . . . ". . . they belong to the Americans who served in Southeast Asia . . ." -- General Edward Lansdale About the Artist Dick Jonas flew 125 air combat missions in the Vietnam War. He was an F-4 Phantom II jet fighter pilot assigned to the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing Wolfpack at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, from September of 1967 to May of 1968. For his acts in the Vietnam War, he was awarded the Air Medal 13 times and the Distinguished Flying Cross three times. After 22 years service, he retired from the United States Air Force in 1986 as a Command Pilot, holding the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He is a teacher, a writer, a guitar-player, and a singer. He also flies. In addition to his participation on "Incountry" Dick has produced six similar albums of his own, along with a song book containing lyrics and war stories of the 76 songs in his collection. See amazon.com.
ASIN: B000000MQN
VSKU: DBV.B000000MQN.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Various Artists
Binding: Audio cd
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