Creedence Clearwater Revival- Fortunate Son / STUDIO VERSION 

Thank you for your service! God bless

My Husband was an ONLY son, had a wife, and baby, still had to go! He was 18, Didn't want to go, went AWOL every chance he could, he was a devout Christian, and wanted no part of killing, or war! He ended up as an Honorable E4! Kept getting busted down. Had more Article 13's than Carter had pills! He was escorted to Vietnam in handcuffs, upon arrival, he was told, "Run now you coward, where you gonna go!", I don't agree with forcing people into combat! I never will! I saw what it did to him mentally, and physically! And our entire family! War is hell on the home front too! and after 51 years, it finally took him! He passed on Valentines day, 2017! Complications of Agent Orange. Shout out to my Alpha bros, A co 1/501 101st Airborne Infantry, 68-69, Geronimo!

I still thank Nixon for getting us out!

God bless you sir. My dad was 1st Calvary 75th rangers. God rest his soul.

Dougllas Greene. Thank you for your service and comment. Yes, Vietnam was not a war to defend America. It was someone else's war that you and our young men were forced to serve. And I applaud you for your attitude about serving! GOD BLESS YOU!

I was an officer in Vietnam with the 173rd Airborne Brigade and much of what you say is definitely true. It was largely due to piss poor leadership on the part of General Westmoreland. Things began to change some after General Abrams took over, but we were fighting a war that should have been fought by the Arvn. The stupidity of the conduct of the war from 65 until Westy left was criminal and he was rewarded for his incompetence. We lacked a thought out plan and didn't pay attention to history. Nixon was dealt a terrible hand from LBJ and his yoyos. I appreciate your passion and comments. It was a terrible example of "leadership" at the highest level.

Thank you for your service

you Mekans of euro decent !!.....ye wallow in that fkn war /occupation shit !! ye.all been doing it since the Alamo !! now the chickens are coming home to roost ............again !!...............whole worlds shouting FUCK USA ..FUCK IMPEARLISM ,,

Agent Orange takes 7 generations to wash out. If your dad hasn't applied for this disability the government won't take care of you

Good to see he can have died things

Thank you to your dad for his service and sacrifice

Only the best, for the greatest group of people ever. Salute to all the fallen heroes. 👍🏻

AMEN

Right!

Johnny Bates 7)

no it was just like today, believe me.

Mostly about the 'government' and the mood of the '60's. We knew if we were there we sure as hell weren't no "Fortunate Son!" SF

Sky Surfer these words are oh so relevant for today.

If you grew up then you would understand being forced to fight an economic war for the MIC establishments

Correct.

@@indyvic You certainly got that one right. With the draft still in place MOST of us were going one way or another. CuChi 1966.

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oneyetiger: Your comment is better served BIPARTISAN. Don't think for a milisecond that either DEM or REP gives a rats ass about you, and I don't mean that as an insult, quite the contrary.

I think Jerry Ford, last living member of the Warren Whitewash Commission was president in April 1975?

Should have never started it the first place. The guys who did never had so much as a raindrop hit 'em in the head.

Third Eye True that.

oneyetiger guess you dont know your history, Nixon a republican committed some pretty shitty deeds in that war.., It wasn’t about party, it was about a corrupt money making military industrial complex, lobbying ALL members of house and senate and Nixon was president from 68-74, the worst years of the war. I lived thru that era. Your rightwing shallow patriotism rings hollow in post Vietnam America (Reagan Iran/contra lies, daddy Bush iraq war, baby bush Iraq war fiasco of lies, and now the world of trump lies and corruption and traitorous Russian money whore weasel deeds) War is a corrupt military industrial complex money scam pulled on the American people just like privatized prison judicial system. Eisenhower warmed America on his last day in office that America’s biggest threat to our democracy was the military industrial complex. History has proved him right. 9/11 was a false flag lie conducted by Cheney and his neo-con Israeli double agents along with Israeli mussoud who wired the towers for demo, Cheney and Israel lied us into war with Iraq (israel to get rid of Saddam, Cheney to steal Iraq’s oil and to establish his goal of a perpetual privatized war (Halliburton, blackwater, and other secret privatized military money making organizations)... It’s the gop that do t give a shit about Americans, or the world, immoral, greed and nothing but money whore puppet weasels to anyone or anything that will serve their authoritarian autocratic plutocracy agenda. FDR represented the democrat leader that stood up for the average working American (social security, workers rights, decent wages, etc) and American values. Reagan represented the republican leader that stood up for corporate greed and power (trickle down) at the expense of the average working American and placed Wall Street above Main Street.., 80s mantra “greed is good”... shifted our “public” treasury away from the public (American people) and into the hands of private military contractors that raided our treasury and started the deficit form of government. 1776-1980 deficit $800 billion 1980-1988 deficit $4.75 trillion And trickle down has been in effect ever since. All the while cutting away at public services (infrastructure, social security, healthcare, education, and other government responsibilities to maintaining a first world society), Instead using our public treasury to line the pockets of Wall Street power brokers at the expense of the America people future. Reagan started the campaign to destroy public education, the 21st century is all about technologies and sciences which require education to complete in a 21st century globalized world. Republicans want a nation of lowly educated religious nuts because ignorant people are easier to manipulate. I have traveled many countries and the average American is an idiot about the world we live in today