Battle of Mai Lai
1971 · Preview 2182 · Hollywood, California
- Artist
- Gene Marshall
- Title
- Battle of Mai Lai
- Release
- The Battle of Mai Lai / Children
- Year
- 1971
- Label
- Preview # 2182
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Don Whitmer
- Genre
- Traditional Pop · Traditional Pop
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Battle of Mai Lai, The (Gene Marshall) Song-poem Pro-Calley, patriotic, VC, My Lai massacre
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs
quote]- "The Battle of Mai Lai" - Label: Preview Records # 2182 - Songwriter: Don Whitmer - Traditional pop - My Lai Massacre - pro-Calley, followed order, scapegoat - Led assault of the Vietcong, sent to Vietnam to fight for Vietnam - Vicious death everywhere, Vietcong at night, Vietnamese by day (fog of war) - Ordered to lead the charge and wipe My Lai from land - Calley - hold your head up high, traitors told lies, you did what you were told - If you killed civilians, they came from VC holes - Sacrificial goat. - It was an unfair trial, circus - All your rifles were blazing, your men to defend, one GI is worth more than millions of Vietnamese (dangerous battle conditions) - Reference to god, religion - Ownership: vinyl
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Born San Francisco, California, USA
Themes
Patriotic · My Lai · Pro-Calley · Calley-Order · Calley-Danger · Calley-Chaos · VC · Calley-Scapegoat · Calley-Justice · Religion · Song Poem
In collections
My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs · Song Poems · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs