Forgotten Man
1983 · Audiograph V AG-45-801 · Nashville, Tennessee
- Artist
- Tommy Cash
- Title
- Forgotten Man
- Release
- Forgotten Man
- Year
- 1983
- Label
- Audiograph # V AG-45-801
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Songwriter
- Paul T. Morris, Sawgrass
- Genre
- Country · Country Pop
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Forgotten Man (Cash, Tommy) Post-war 80s, pop rock. Tribute to soldiers drafted to Vietnam. War ended after the Paris Peace Accords. Returned home - no parades and celebration - country divided. Reference to agent orange and PTSD
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Born 5 April 1940, Dyess, Arkansas, USA. Currently Hendersonville, Tennessee, USA
Themes
Draft · Navy · Mistreatment of Vet · PTSD · Cam Ranh Bay · Saigon · Agent Orange · Paris Peace Accords