The Suffering of a Serviceman's Wife
Halmark 8695 · Weymouth, Massachusetts
- Artist
- Bob Storm
- Title
- The Suffering of a Serviceman's Wife
- Release
- Unapproachable
- Label
- Halmark # 8695
- Format
- 7" · EP
- Language
- English
- Country
- Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA
- Songwriter
- Karen Davis, Jerry Dee
- Genre
- Traditional Pop · Traditional Pop
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — Song Poems
- "The Suffering of a Serviceman's Wife" (track A2) - Label: Halmark # 8695 - Artist: unknown, attribute to Bob Storm, but that's incorrect. Female singer - Songwriter: Karen Davis, Jerry Dee - Musical director: Bob Storm - Traditional pop, home front perspective - They sent you away from me - Expected to survive the jungle, I suffer too - You've been wounded, fighting for something you think was a good cause - You're half a man - Memories of Vietnam are in your eyes (direct mention), PTSD - What was it all for? (fighting for?) - The hell of war, leans anti-war
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Halmark "Sound of Excellence", LH-8695, 45 RPM, High Fidelity; two songs on the side: "Unapproachable" (Lee Clark - Jerry Dee) and "The Suffering of a Serviceman's Wife" (Karen Davis - Jerry Dee); Bob Storm; musical director Jerry Dee. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
Home Front Perspective · Disabled Vet · PTSD · Anti-War · Jungle · Song Poem
In collections
US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years] · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · PTSD Songs · Song Poems