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Disposable Heroes ?

Great article about the Kent State photo girl
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article250906089.html

What are your favorite war related songs ?

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Fish Cheer, Alices Restaurant, Masters of War,Where have all the Flowers Gone...

Poor Little Allison, and Patriots Dream by Gordon Lightfoot.

Goodnight Saigon, Billy Joel

Brothers In Arms and Done With Bonaparte, Mark Knophler

Too many.
Best
Les

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Originally Posted by Seahawk (Post 11309788)

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Good call..

What a sweet, sad story. I am glad she finally found some peace.

Favorite songs of course include Alice's Restaurant. Also Fortunate Son, Run Through the Jungle, most anything by CCR, War! (What's it Good For?), Bungle in the Jungle, and When the Tigers Broke Free. I actually started reading about the battle of Anzio after hearing "Tigers" and was heartbroken to learn that it was historically accurate.

CSN "the Cost of Freedom".

The Rooster.

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Soldiers by Drowning Pool is one of my favorites right after Rooster.

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Originally Posted by oldE (Post 11309786)

Brothers In Arms

That's one of my favorites, too.

I would also add to this list, Fortunate Son.

1...2...3... What are we fighting for?

Sorry, I'm an idealist and old school. Here's one:

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Article is a really good read. Here it is where it is not behind a paywall.

https://wmleader.com/general-other/16459/the-girl-in-the-kent-state-photo/

I was going to say "Billy Don't Be A Hero" by Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods but this one's better. As applicable today as it was when it came out....

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Originally Posted by MRM (Post 11309833)

MRM you are just now finding this stuff out..I knew this stuff when I was in Middle School.

The Allies after being stalemated at Monte Casino decided on an end run landing at Anzio. It caught the Krauts with their pants down as the landing was unopposed and no Krauts were in the vicinity. Yet due to the cautious ineptitude of an American general who dug in instead of seizing the day to capture Rome gave time for the Krauts to contain the landing. The Krauts called it the biggest prisoner of war camp. It wasn't until June 44 that the stalemate was broken at Monte Casino and Rome was liberated.

The Krauts retreated in an orderly manner establishing a new defensive line further up the Italian peninsula. Which lasted till the end of the war. As an aside Dr Porsches contribution to Anzio was the deployment of his Elefant aka Ferdinand after Dr Porsche..as an effective tank destroyer with it's 88 MM gun. It had proven to be ineffective as an offensive weapon during the battle of Kursk in July of 43.

I am a blood thirsty mterfker
Put a gun in the hands of the children
and send them out to kill.

I've got blood in my eye
beat em with a stick, beat em with a bone,
beat em with a bullet, beat em with a bomb.
But beat em into the ground
Don't leave anyone standing around

This is the land of kill or be killed
there ain't no such thing as mercy
It is me and mine..or else

Call me savage
Call me beast
But I am here to put you into the ground
While I beat my breast
While I wave my flag

Rape and pillage
Kill their children
Salt their ground
So that they can never rise again
End their days while I breath my air
Send em to he11