Fallen Never Forgotten: Vietnam Memorials in the USA

A long long time ago I can still remember how That music used to make me smile And I knew if I had my chance That I could make those people dance...Continue reading

Just got home from Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy Got to sit down, take a rest on the porch Imagination sets in, pretty soon I’m singin’ Doo, doo, doo, lookin’ out my back door There’s a giant doin’ cartwheels, statue wearin’ high heels... Look at all the happy creatures dancin’ on the lawn Dinosaur Victrola, listenin’ to Buck Owens Doo, doo, doo, lookin’ out my back door Tambourines and elephants are playin’ in the band Won’t you take a ride on the flyin’ spoon? Doo, doo, doo Wondrous apparition provided by magician Doo, doo, doo, lookin’ out my back door Tambourines and elephants are playin’ in the band Won’t you take a ride on the flyin’ spoon? Doo, doo, doo Bother me tomorrow, today, I’ll buy no sorrows Doo, doo, doo, lookin’ out my back door Forward troubles Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy! Look at all the happy creatures dancin’ on the lawn Bother me tomorrow, today, I’ll buy no sorrow Doo, doo, doo, lookin’ out my back door See more

Don’t you ever feel sad Lean on me, when times are bad When the day comes and you’re down In a bit of trouble and I bite the ground Just hold on, I’m coming... Hold on, I’m coming I’m on my way, your lover If you get cold, yeah, I will be your cover Don’t have to worry ’cause I’m here No need to suffer, baby, ’cause I’m here Just hold on, I’m coming Hold on, I’m coming Hold on, I’m coming Hold on, I’m coming Reach out to me, for satisfaction, yeah Call my name, yeah, for re-re-reaction, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah Now don’t you ever feel sad Lean on me when the times are bad When the day comes and you’re down baby In a bit of trouble and I bite the ground Just hold on, I’m coming Hold on, I’m coming Just hold on, I’m coming Hold on, I’m coming Hold on, I’m coming Hold on, I’m coming See more

Mississippi Queen You know what I mean Mississippi Queen She taught me everything Went down around Vicksburg... Around Louisiana way Where lived the Cajun Lady Aboard the Mississippi Queen You know she was a dancer She moved better on wine While the rest of them dudes were gettin’ their kicks Boy, I beg your pardon, I was gettin’ mine Mississippi Queen If you know what I mean Mississippi Queen She taught me everything This lady she asked me If I would be her man You know that I told her I’d do what I can To keep her lookin’ pretty Buy her dresses that shine While the rest of them dudes were makin’ their friends Boy, I beg your pardon, I was loosin’ mine You know she was a dancer She moved better on wine While the rest of them dudes were gettin’ their kicks Boy, I beg your pardon, I was gettin’ mine Yeah, Mississippi Queen See more

Oh well, I’m the type of guy who will never settle down Where pretty girls are, well you know that I’m around I kiss ’em and I love ’em cause to me they’re all the same I hug ’em and I squeeze ’em they don’t even know my name They call me the wanderer... Yeah, the wanderer I roam around, around, around Oh well, there’s Flo on my left and then there’s Mary on my right And Janie is the girl well that I’ll be with tonight And when she asks me, which one I love the best? I tear open my shirt and I show Rosie on my chest Cause I’m the wanderer Yeah, the wanderer I roam around, around, around Oh well, I roam from town to town I go through life without a care And I’m as happy as a clown I with my two fists of iron but I’m going nowhere Oh yeah, I’m the type of guy that likes to roam around I’m never in one place, I roam from town to town And when I find myself a-fallin’ for some girl Yeah, I hop right into that car of mine and drive around the world Yeah I’m the wanderer Yeah, the wanderer I roam around, around, around Oh yeah, I’m the type of guy that likes to roam around I’m never in one place, I roam from town to town And when I find myself a-fallin’ for some girl I hop right into that car of mine and drive around the world Yeah, cause I’m a wanderer Yeah, a wanderer I roam around, around, around, around, around, around Cause I’m a wanderer Yeah, a wanderer I roam around, around, around, around, around, around, around Cause I’m a wanderer I’m, a wanderer I roam around, around, around, around See more

Jim Rathschmidt's organization United for the Troops has sent over 24,000 care package to troops deployed overseas.

I am a little tin soldier that wants to jump into your fire You are a look in your eye A dream passing by in the sky I don’t understand And all I need is treat me like a man... ‘Cause I ain’t no child Take me like I am I got to know that I belong to you Do anything that you want to do Sing any so song that you want me to sing to you I don’t need no aggravation I just got to make you I just got to make you my occupation, oh yeah (I got to know that I belong to you) (Do anything that you want to do) (Sing any so song that you want me to sing to you) Love to kick my feet way down the shallow water, All I need is your whispered hello Smiles melting the snow, nothing heard Your eyes, they’re deeper than time Say a love that won’t rhyme without words So now I’ve lost my way I need help to show me things to say Give me your love before mine fades away, yeah, baby (I got to know that I belong to you) (Do anything that you want to do) (Sing any so song that you want me to sing to you) Oh, no, no Oh, no I just want some reaction Someone to give me satisfaction All I want to do is stick with you, ’cause I love you See more

Well, take me back down where cool water flow, yeh Let me remember things I love Stoppin’ at the log where catfish bite, Walkin’ along the river road at night, Barefoot girls dancin’ in the moonlight... I can hear the bull frog callin’ me Wonder if my rope’s still hangin’ to the tree Love to kick my feet way down the shallow water, Shoe fly, dragon fly, get back to your mother Pick up a flat rock, skip it across Green River Up at Cody’s camp I spent my days, oh, With flat car riders and cross-tie walkers Old Cody, Junior took me over, Said, you’re gonna find the world is smouldrin’ An’ if you get lost come on home to Green River Well, come home See more

Dustoff Pilot Phil Marshall explains how Hueys were able to sneak in to Hot LZ's to insert and pickup soldiers during the Vietnam War