None of them recieved a hero's welcome.

In 1965, Vietnam seemed like just another foreign war,
but it wasn't.
It was different in many ways, as so were those that did the fighting.
In World War II the average age of the comabt soldier was 26...
In vietnam he was 19.
I-I-I-I-I-I-I-In Vietnam he was 19. (x3)
N-n-n-n-nineteen

The heaviest fighting of the past two weeks continued today
25 miles northwest of Saigon

I wasn't really sure what was going on.

N-n-n-n-nineteen, nineteen
N-nineteen, nineteen

In Vietnam, the combat soldier typically served a twelve month tour of duty,
but was exposed to hostile fire almost every day.

N-n-n-n-nineteen (x4)

In Saigon, a U.S. military spokesman said today,
more than 720 troops were killed last week in that sensitive border area,
In all of South Vietnam, the enemy lost a total of 2,689 soldiers.

*scream*

All those who remember the war,
They won't forget what they've seen,
Destruction, of men in their prime,
whose average age was nineteen.

D-d-d-d-d-destruction
D-d-d-d-d-destruction

According to a Veteran's Administration study:
Half of the Vietnam combat veterans suffered from what psychiatrists call:
Post traumatic stress disorder, many vets complain of:
alienation, rage, or guilt... some succumb to suicidal thoughts,
8 to 10 years after coming home, almost 800,000 men are still fighting,
the Vietnam war.

None of them recieved a hero's welcome

S-s-s-s-saigon
Nineteen, s-s-s-s-Saigon,
N-n-n-n-n-nineteen.



1965 Vietnam