Ballad of the Green Beret
by Marc Leepson
"The Life and Wars of Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler from the Vietnam War and Pop Stardom to Murder and an Unsolved, Violent Death"
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Details
War:
Vietnam War
Perspective:
Special Forces
Military Unit:
US Army
True Story:
Yes
Biography:
Yes
Region:
Asia
Published Date:
2017
ISBN13:
9780811717496
Description
A top hit of 1966, "The Ballad of the Green Berets" was a patriotic tribute to the Special Forces by Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler. This life-and-times biography vividly recounts the sensational details of Sadler's life, setting his meteoric rise and tragic fall against the big picture of American society and culture during and after the Vietnam War.
