frankie
05-23-2006, 11:32 PM
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/bigrich/8thofnovember.html
Wife was watching these guys perform on TV this evening, glanced up from the puter to see vets coming on stage.
Had to search the incident.
8 TH OF NOVEMBER, 1965
http://www.gactv.com/artists/bigandrich.htm
quote
This is a true story about a man we are honored to know -- Niles Harris. He is one of just four men in his unit men who survived when over 1,200 Vietcong ambushed the 173rd Airborne Brigade. Every word of that song had to say so much. It was also a thrill and honor to have Kris Kristofferson on it. We would like to make more great music with him. This song is one of the biggest things we’ve been a part of and one of the most enlightening.
We’ve already shot a video for this song with Kris Kristofferson in it. The man we wrote this one about is the same man who gave Big Kenny his Top Hat three years ago in Deadwood, South Dakota. We shot a documentary for the song for five days in Ho Chi Min, Viet Nam. Niles wanted to bury his boots there in honor of his fallen brothers. This story had such an impact on us, and success has given Kenny and me the resources to go and tell this story the way it deserves to be told. end quote
Quote from fan.
http://www.mp3.com/big-&-rich/artists/592112/reviews.html&review_id=107744&flag=
What a chilling story about the Vietnam vetran and the ambush of his Airborne Brigade. I must say that I find it to be a great story about what happened on that day, in addition to chilling to hear what he and the other service men, were able to live through during that attack.
Detailed report on the battle.
http://www.skysoldier.org/php/skysoldier/OperationHump.php
First hand account of the action here.
http://www.skysoldier.org/Hollands_Hump_Report.htm
Not just the Americans were there. The Ausies too.
http://austmia.com/105postopanalysis.htm
Firs support map.
http://austmia.com/3AFIRESPT.html#artymap
All in all very moving song.
Wife was watching these guys perform on TV this evening, glanced up from the puter to see vets coming on stage.
Had to search the incident.
8 TH OF NOVEMBER, 1965
http://www.gactv.com/artists/bigandrich.htm
quote
This is a true story about a man we are honored to know -- Niles Harris. He is one of just four men in his unit men who survived when over 1,200 Vietcong ambushed the 173rd Airborne Brigade. Every word of that song had to say so much. It was also a thrill and honor to have Kris Kristofferson on it. We would like to make more great music with him. This song is one of the biggest things we’ve been a part of and one of the most enlightening.
We’ve already shot a video for this song with Kris Kristofferson in it. The man we wrote this one about is the same man who gave Big Kenny his Top Hat three years ago in Deadwood, South Dakota. We shot a documentary for the song for five days in Ho Chi Min, Viet Nam. Niles wanted to bury his boots there in honor of his fallen brothers. This story had such an impact on us, and success has given Kenny and me the resources to go and tell this story the way it deserves to be told. end quote
Quote from fan.
http://www.mp3.com/big-&-rich/artists/592112/reviews.html&review_id=107744&flag=
What a chilling story about the Vietnam vetran and the ambush of his Airborne Brigade. I must say that I find it to be a great story about what happened on that day, in addition to chilling to hear what he and the other service men, were able to live through during that attack.
Detailed report on the battle.
http://www.skysoldier.org/php/skysoldier/OperationHump.php
First hand account of the action here.
http://www.skysoldier.org/Hollands_Hump_Report.htm
Not just the Americans were there. The Ausies too.
http://austmia.com/105postopanalysis.htm
Firs support map.
http://austmia.com/3AFIRESPT.html#artymap
All in all very moving song.