Heroes of Koh Tang - The Mayaguez
1975 · ClinTone CT-015 · Birmingham, Alabama
- Artist
- Gary Branch
- Title
- 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
- Post-War
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
About the artist
Unknown - no admissible source documents this record. 'Heroes of Koh Tang - The Mayaguez' commemorates the Mayaguez incident of May 1975, the last engagement of the American war in Indochina, but no release under this title credited to Gary Branch has been located. [Source: Discogs (negative search)]
Themes
Patriotic · Mistreatment of Vet · Cambodia · American Revolution · Ford