We Say No to Your War

Annotation — Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs

The song "We Say No to Your War" recalled the group marching from Mountain Home AFB to Boise, Idaho, in August 1971 to mark the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As suggested by the title, it stated its opposition to Vietnam. Note the reference to napalm and Nixon.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: We marched a million miles, a million or more... / We were marching for the air force when we marched before / But now we've charted our own course / We say no to your war... / And it's hotter in Vietnam / Here come the F-4s and they're splattered with napalm / As they hear the engines roar, Nixon, we say no to your war

Notes

Paredon P-1015; the front cover reads "Songs written and sung by the Covered Wagon Musicians, active-duty Air Force people, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho" over a photograph of marchers in the desert carrying banners reading "We are taking the GI out of genocide" and "Bring 'em home" (the booklet states the cover photo was taken during the forty-mile march from Mountain Home AFB to Boise in August 1971, on the anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki). The 16-page booklet lists the members alphabetically (A1C John Carson, A1C Dave Davis, Sgt. Tom Derreck, Sgt. Patrick Henry, A1C George Herkert, A1C Al Kramer, A1C Joe Massaro, Carolyn Mugar, Vic Pacania, Airman Penny Rand, A1C Jim Schaffer, A1C Tom Spaulding) and opens with an introduction calling it the first GI anti-war project to produce its own record, urging listeners to write to the group and subscribe to its paper, The Helping Hand, Box…

About the artist

Group of active-duty US Air Force GIs based at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho (1971-72); recorded the antiwar album We Say No to Your War! (Paredon Records, 1972). [Source: Wikipedia / Discogs]

Themes

Anti-War · Napalm · Nixon · Military

In collections

Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · US Military & Veteran Songs · My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs