Credited on the record as Gary Branch and The Common Folk.
The Heroes of Koh Tang - The Mayaguez
1975 · ClinTone CT-015 · Birmingham, Alabama
- Artist
- Gary Branch
- Credited on the record as
- Gary Branch and The Common Folk
- Title
- The Heroes of Koh Tang - The Mayaguez
- Release
- The Heroes of Koh Tang - The Mayaguez
- Year
- 1975
- Label
- ClinTone # CT-015
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Songwriter
- Jimmy Walker, Johnny Walker
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Heroes of Koh Tang - The Mayaguez, The (Branch, Gary) Country pop. Birmingham, Alabama, USA US soldiers fought in the jungle - but the politicians would not let them fight Mayaguez incident, May 1975 - US marines killed - the last to be mentioned on the Vietnam War memorial (1) Reference to Gerald Ford.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Clintone Records CT-015 (6-549), Side A, stereo, matrix NR5968-1, light-blue label, ℗ 1975 Clintone Records; "The Heroes of Koh Tang / The Mayaguez" (Jimmy Walker, Johnny Walker), 2:55, published by My Brothers Music, Inc., BMI; produced by Michael Rutherford and Sam Dees, produced for Rutherford Corp. & Assoc. at New London Studios, B'ham, Ala.; distributed by R.C.&A., 3300 Edgewater Dr., Orlando, Fla. 32804. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
Patriotic · Mistreatment of Vet · Cambodia · American Revolution · Ford
In collections
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]