SSgt Barry Sadler Interview 1966 (Sings his Hit "Ballad of the Green Berets")

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Sgt Barry Sadler Ballad of the Green Berets Live Perfomance
Barry Allen Sadler (November 1, 1940 - November 5, 1989) was an American soldier, singer/songwriter, and author. Sadler served as a Green Beret medic, achieving the rank of Staff Sergeant. He served in the Vietnam War from late December 1964 to late May 1965. Most of his work has a military theme, and he is best known for his patriotic "Ballad of the Green Berets," a #1 hit in 1966.
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Sgt Barry Sadler Ballad of the Green Berets Lyrics
Fighting soldiers from the sky
Fearless men who jump and die
Men who mean just what they say
The brave men of the Green Beret
Silver wings upon their chest
These are men, America's best
One hundred men will test today
But only three win the Green Beret
Trained to live off nature's land
Trained in combat hand to hand
Men who fight by night and day
Courage take from the Green Beret
Silver wings upon their chest
These are men, America's best
One hundred men will test today
But only three win the Green Beret
Back at home a young wife waits
Her Green Beret has met his fate
He has died for those oppressed
Leaving her his last request
Put silver wings on my son's chest
Make him one of America's best
He'll be a man they'll test one day
Have him win the Green Beret
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@David-zh7zc 5 месяцев назад

My son was a..green..beret..and Gave. His. Life for. His country. Me. And. My. My..wife are very proud of. Him

@belmontpo 4 месяца назад

Peace be upon your son.

@josephevans7641 4 месяца назад

😢😢❤❤❤

@josephevans7641 4 месяца назад

May he Rest In Peace God Bless your son and family and thank you for your son's service .I'm a Ums.merchant marine sailor for 25 years service .retired .never saw combat ,thank the good Lord I never did .and my service pales way in comparison .just a sailor .I'm so greatfull l 6:23 your son

@oDon44 3 месяца назад

Thank you.

@jeannemyatt3574 2 месяца назад

Thank you and God bless you for your sacrifice.

@TheLouise24 2 месяца назад

My brother was not a Green Beret (a group that I admire), but he gave his life in Vietnam November 4, 1966. His name was Howard Leslie Walker and he was a year older than I was. We still miss him and think of him every day, as I'm sure that other families still mourn the loss of their loved ones in this war and EVERY war.

@iamsealfish Месяц назад

Thank you and rest easy young Howard Leslie Walker.

@davidhivner5882 Месяц назад

I owe your brother a big thank you. I appreciate all he and those like him sacrificed.

@1900chillywilly Месяц назад

Sorry 2 weeks old in the post but as served bit Canadian paratrooper 😂sorry I worked and trained with both of the best 82nd and 5th special forces My condolences

@Rocketman88002 Месяц назад

@TheLouise24, Howard is, and I'm sure Barry would agree, is every bit the hero he was in Vietnam. Big respect to your brother! He's gone but not forgotten by the rest of us Vietnam veterans. Rest In Peace brother!

@1900chillywilly Месяц назад

Awesome I am retired 2do CDN Airborne worked with special forces the 5th Ft Bragg and 82nd awesome soldiers best training I ever received Sorry for your loss brother but either a green beret or not he served that u need to remember

@georgezink8256 Месяц назад

As a severely wounded Vietnam veteran I salute this man

@tessamcleaund9071 27 дней назад

Thank you 😢for your service sir. ❤ and prayers for you.

@user-yt2ur1fp4z 27 дней назад

Thank you for your service.

@louiseshankle8870 21 день назад

Thank you for your service!! My son is an Iraqi veteran and served 3 tours.

@phyllispitts6656 7 дней назад

Thank-you for your service!

@7272b Месяц назад

I was born in the 60s and remember the words to this song! My family played it all the time! 🇺🇸 Men were MEN and protected us. American pride will NEVER die! Thank you!!! ❤❤❤❤

@user-lc4iq5nr7y 16 дней назад

❤❤❤❤

@marilynwing4206 7 дней назад

That’s right, men were actually men.🇺🇸

@user-lc4iq5nr7y 7 дней назад

@@marilynwing4206 dam straight spot on

@MichaelSeymourmjsm День назад

This attitude is so needed in our country today, God Bless You for your wonderful comment.

@jamesroyce1845 2 месяца назад

Hard as nails, tough, self assured, dependable, strong, kind, quiet and humble - everything a real man should be.

@udofunk5409 2 месяца назад

Ich lach mich kaputt!!!!😂😂😂😂

@garyurtiaga9426 2 месяца назад

@@udofunk5409 You’re lucky the Nazi’s were defeated by the USA by men like this so you can still laugh freely. Shame on you. (PS- I’m a democrat and I can tell you most Democrats would agree with what I’ve stated!)

@moonlitegirl72 2 месяца назад

Oh my goodness this brings back some memories I am 67 now but when I was 10 and in the fourth grade our teacher Mrs Gore had a son who was a Green Beret thank goodness he did come home but almost every day she would have us sing this song and almost everyday she would cry so I didn't understand why she would ask us to sing her a song that made her cry and she would just say because I love it so much

@johnkrieger185 2 месяца назад

@@garyurtiaga9426 Barry Sandler was a Nazi sympathizer. I have been told by someone who knew him.

@WayneTaylor-tk8uz Месяц назад

VERY WELL PUT!!

@007ElSenor 13 дней назад

A cousin was in the Green Berets, served in Vietnam. After returning home, he kept to himself. He later committed suicide. Please vets, don’t internalize, there is help -and most importantly, there are people who love you.

@joanwallace1373 3 дня назад

Amen!

@judyy19691 Месяц назад

I am a retired Marine but love listening to this song , Vietnam 67-69 Semper-fi. ( Gary. )

@phyllisblack6270 15 дней назад

Thank you for serving our country sir! My brother in law and boyfriend was in Vietnam at that time to.

@user-cl4cq6sr7j 8 дней назад

My Husband was a MARINE .

@jimhantsch 2 месяца назад

Take a good look at him. What you see is an American Hero. Don't forget it!

@enriquecastillo9341 День назад

no me gusto como murio.

@julieutley2073 18 дней назад

My late husband earned a green beret. Their official name is "US Army Special Forces." This song describes my husband so well. He was one of the two best men I ever met.

@user-xf6co1le2s 2 месяца назад

That's when "MEN WHERE MEN" GOD BLESS THEM

@rodneywalden5358 Месяц назад

I remember as boy when the song came out. It never crossed my mind at that time that I would enlist in the army in 1973, serve in the 82nd Airborne Division, volunteer for Special Forces, attend the SFQC (qualification course) and serve in 5th SFG(A). As I turn 70 years old tomorrow I look back at those days as the best days of my life.

@davidhivner5882 Месяц назад

Thank you very much sir.

@LJB1308 Месяц назад

Thank you sir. I live in NC & had many family serve at Ft Bragg.

@MichaelSeymourmjsm День назад

Thank You for your service, sincerely.

@mark5846 2 месяца назад

It sickens me when I think back how the hippies treated these hero's when they came home.

@Ralphieboy Месяц назад

It sickens me that we sent them over in the first place to fight a war that nobody needed.

@triciac1019 Месяц назад

I remember those days. As if they chose to fight in a country with conditions so horrible. War is just so horrid. Women should be the head of every country. Maybe then we wouldn't have so many wars.

@richardsheldrick4046 Месяц назад

Wasn't just the Hippies, I watched my friends come back and were treated badly by many

@WayneTaylor-tk8uz Месяц назад

My great grandfather was in WWI, my grandfathers(both) were in WWII, and my dad.. who at 75 is my BEST friend and hero was in Vietnam from 69-71.. The others come home to a hero's welcome.. whereas my dad, who as a door gunner and the crew chief survived over 10 shot down hueys, saw ALOT.. (he doesn't talk about it) was looked DOWN on and he was doing exactly like the grandfather's were doing- following orders. Pisses me off. Those pieces of crap should have aimed all of their protesting at Washington.. not people like my father.. a kid. He stayed in the Army full time for over 20 years and retired , got into law enforcement.. was a cop part time and worked full time for the Ga State Board of Pardons & Parole.. which he needed a bachelor's degree to get that job.. The US Army put him through college . Before he was drafted he was on the path of being a diesel mechanic/stock car engine builder like his father.. His retirement check from the Army is SUBSTANTIAL.. HE IS A REAL MAN .. YEARS ago he told me "I paid the hippies no attention.. If they were being shot at they'd shoot back too. It wasn't about apple pie or baseball.. it was all about protecting the guy next to me.. they can go to hell.." He will not watch war movies at all. I KNOW I'm straying.. but I take every opportunity to talk about him.. He is EXTREMELY HUMBLE .. and when someone says something to him about "war hero" he gets red faced and says "the heros are the ones that didn't come back.. the ones that died so I could... '' He is the smartest and best man I have ever known.. So the hippies can SUCK IT. GOD BLESS ALL THE FALLEN ONES.. WE BITCH , PISS AND MOAN.. and all those fallen were fighting for our rights to PISS and moan. God Bless THE HEROS AND THEIR FAMILIES THAT have to experience the pain of losing their loved ones. God Bless America...It isn't perfect BUT I CAN TYPE THAT WITHOUT BEING ARRESTED! 🙏🤦🏿‍♂️

@user-vc4jd1jy2k Месяц назад

and Jane Fonda 😡

@chrisosieczanek8281 Месяц назад

My oldest brother joined the military after this song came out . He had a love of country and a sense of responsibility . He was killed on October 14th of 1969 . Looking back , what a waste of so many lives - our politicians should be ashamed .

@davidhivner5882 Месяц назад

Thanks for sharing. I wish I could thank your brother. I hope that I can honor him and all the service personnel that have sacrificed for us.

@renateccawthern3350 Месяц назад

My friends often did not come back. I joined the US Army as a WAC (WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS) to honor them. Never forgotten❤❤

@WayneTaylor-tk8uz Месяц назад

I am sorry for your loss.. but he didn't die in vain.. God Bless you.

@blakegregory969 9 дней назад

May he be remembered. My brother died in 1967.

@azoutlaw7 Месяц назад

If this doesn't give you chills I don't know what will. Thank you sir for your all.

@davidhivner5882 Месяц назад

Amen

@user-lw2yn4ke4d 2 месяца назад

I was adopted by a green.beret a very great and intelligent man and he taught me well.

@jamesgallagher7622 2 месяца назад

8:12

@user-ot4ko3fv1m 2 месяца назад

Fantastic song Sgt. Barry Sadler. This is a truly beautiful song and you definitely sing so nice. God Bless You. RIP my friend, thanks for your service.

@conniemartin3550 2 месяца назад

My brother played this 45 repeatedly when it came out. Our household were strong supporters of our Vietnam vets.

@GeneralPadron 2 месяца назад

Here is a man who does not want fame. But understands what this sort of thing does for moral.

@bobvedder2451 Месяц назад

I was drafted in '72 and stayed for 22 years, i did enjoy my life in the Army.

@davidhivner5882 Месяц назад

Thank you

@georgezink8256 Месяц назад

I enlisted in 66 2 nd tour Vietnam wounded sent home in a head to toe cast , 1year army hospital put my mangled body back together

@suemcknight9051 Месяц назад

I’m 81…this STILL is such a totally meaningful and tear-rendering song for me as the day i first heard it played. May God Bless them all greatly forevermore.❤️‍🔥.What a gift they are to our nation. What a tragic & untimely death this hero had at a young age.

@rtazman2004 2 месяца назад

I Thank you SSgt Barry Sadler for your Services and sacrifices God bless you Sir and God bless the United States Of America In Jesus Name Amen.

@saraanderson6615 2 месяца назад

My dad was in military, not Green Beret, he was in the Navy on a aircraft carrier. I am very thankful to ALL MILITARY BRANCHES for their services. I did have a grandfather that was in the Army.

@patriciajrs46 2 месяца назад

Amen.

@John-ue9pt 2 месяца назад

Every generation in my family have served our country and very proud to do so we love our country

@saraanderson6615 2 месяца назад

@@John-ue9pt my other grandfather was in the Navy, on a ship that got bombed in Pearl Harbor. Was on of a very few that survived on the ship he was on.

@TamaraZeman Месяц назад

My brother was in the army

@pdbess2011 2 месяца назад

People had better standards back in the day. Thank you for your service

@joshuahodge49 Месяц назад

This song made me sing up after high school. I fail the eye exam and my dream was shattered. My best friend did join and became a decorated Green Bere and gave his life in 2007 to an i.e.d.. His memory will live on forever and he now sleeps amongst the long list of heroes in Arlington National Cemetery. At 50 years old I'd still join if they would let me. I have always believed in the Ranger creed and what the Green Bere stands for.....❤

@Buzzinga248 2 месяца назад

God bless all who fought for their country.

@TheGrayfrog100 2 месяца назад

2:52 "A small group, with a big mouth." Said in 1966! Prophetic. Depressingly prophetic. The world needs men like this guy more than ever.

@patriciajrs46 2 месяца назад

I am very happy to hear about the exploits about SSGT Barry Sadler. He's great. Thank you for your service.

@s_kbean1646 Месяц назад

First time I heard this song I was a kid ~ 7yo but it hit me hard. My family were very patriotic but the number of kids dying in & for Vietnam was causing doubts within. The war lacked an end game and became something that tore our country in half. Returning soldiers being treated as if they were enemy combatants rather than the poor victims they actually were. I felt confused bc this song was so inspiring but my family was getting split into 2 parts. Very confusing times for our country that resulted in many many people behaving very badly. Thank you very much for producing a great song and condolences to the untold thousands of families who lost love ones to this "police action".

@kathy7022 4 месяца назад

he loved his country and trusted his government. no shame in that. a great patriot.

@AncientRe 3 месяца назад

He was a green beret. I can almost guarantee he did NOT trust his government. He did fight with everything for his people.

@CarmeletaMolton-nt5cn 2 месяца назад

My son was in the military job. Proud he did his duty..

@johncook8899 Месяц назад

I vividly remember the album and this proud American song in the late sixties /early seventies. This song will evermore stand dear to my heart as American 🇺🇸.

@gjtaylor4897 2 месяца назад

What a wonderful selfless man to share this beautiful song with us, and for him to give his life in such a sad tormented way because he loved America so. I lost dear friends in Vietnam and they were treated horribly. May God bless this hero and I thank him for his sacrifice in trying to make this world a better place. ❤

@user-fb2kp5jd2b 2 месяца назад

Many Thanks Soldier may you rest in peace ❤️

@nigelmorgan3449 2 месяца назад

Fantastic tune sung with true grit well done to you staff Sargent

@gmemo4449 Месяц назад

I served in the Navy for just over decade, and I'm always proud to see and hear Sgt Barry Sandler.

@tommywood343 Месяц назад

Thank you Sgt Barry for your service. That's an awesome song. R.I.P Sgt Barry 🇺🇲🙏

@Perseverance777 6 дней назад

Memorial Day 2024 🇺🇸 Remember our brothers and sisters, who gave their lives for our freedoms. (U.S.Army veteran)

@josephevans7641 6 месяцев назад

I grew up at a young age listening to ssgt.barryvsadler .2 of my uncle's were green berets .my great uncle. Served in vietnam as an advisor .he had over 1100 jumps .he never would talk about it .he served atca very young age of 15 towards the end of the great war to end all wars. WW11 airborne his history is a lengthy one .jumped on the corregidor with the 503rd the rock in the phillipines .helped free the fillipines so macarthur could return .I respected him dearly and admired him greatly .sadly though I never got to meet him .but talked to him via tthe phone and letters

@pikespeak8669 2 месяца назад

Those where the day's jimmy dean show. Thx solder u had no idia what usa woukd turn out yr's after u R I P ❤❤❤❤ Jimmy Dean R I P 😢😢😢😢❤❤❤

@daveoldham3121 3 месяца назад

What a strong character and a life cut short, can't count the times I listen to his song. If you ever want to pay respects he is at the Nashville National Cemetery.

@earlhester825 2 месяца назад

I was working at the Nashville national cemetery when sgt Sadler was buried there. I participated in his internment. He was a hero to me.

@darrelsnider2489 6 месяцев назад

When I heard it after my father died in 1975. I knew all men during ww2 was being honor by this song to.

@jeffreymonty375 2 месяца назад

thank u ssargent Barry lov your song, i was in the Army from 64-67 did what needed to be don for my country

@user-gz4rk1gm4j Месяц назад

Thank you for your service

@liammize3765 3 месяца назад

I have his record album. My dad was a Marine, not a Green Beret, but this album still makes me feel close to him.

@roykey3422 6 дней назад

When men were men. And the women were glad of it.

@karensteffy8698 2 месяца назад

I still have his records. As a preteen I listened to them near daily. Such a fine man with an amazing voice.

@robertbracamonte4054 2 месяца назад

Represents GREEN BERETS ..NO BETTER MAN...THAN HE GREAT AMERICAN WHO LIVED WHAT HE LOVED...I WAS IN ARMY AS ARTILLERYMAN 1969..THE ARMY RECOGNIZED ME FOR WHO AND WHAT I AM. I LOVED THE ARMY .ARMY GAVE ME A SQUARE DEAL..MY OTHER LOVE IS ARMY GREEN BERETS ..THE HIGHEST.

@annalapoint7156 2 месяца назад

Rest in Peace, Barry!

@ralphmetz2724 12 дней назад

I was airborne, 1973. Thanks for sharing about your son. He’s home with the many brave men 😊who gave their lives so I could sit and type this message.

@raysantiago3750 Месяц назад

🫡 /🇺🇲 🪖🪂🪂🪂🪂🪓🗡🛡 The Best of the Best. Good Bless You!

@millieparker772 18 дней назад

Blessings to ALL Real Men and (Now) Women Who Protect Us ❤❤❤❤ Love The Music in The Day's 😊

@ves7063 6 дней назад

I was 11 years old when this song came out, 😢💐😪 Very special to me to this day, 🙏🏼🎚🙏🏻 My Family had a neighbor that was a Green Beret. Really a kind man. He was home on leave one time and I was really sick and could not go to school. My mom had to work she was beside herself and did not know what to do. She told this neighbor and you know what he did, he gave up his day to baby sit a 13 year old girl that was so sick she did not even know our neighbor was taking care of me until I got well. He did 3 tours in Vietnam. This is a true man, I hope & Pray to this day he is well. 🙏🏻🎚🙏🏼 I had a brother that was in the Army and went to Vietnam a few years later. Even though he came home physically alive, my brother was just not the same, he died in 2015.

@robertlittlejohn7394 6 дней назад

In memory of SSGT Barry Sadler and all those who fought out did not come home from any of the wars in which we have fought.

@1956alyson Месяц назад

My parents both served in WWII, my brother served in the Marines, as did my son. My son-in-law is an awesome (nationally recognized) recruiter for the army national guard. I have a lot of respect for our service men and women!!❤️❤️

@user-gt2lh2ec9e Месяц назад

WOW, Thanks you for your SERVICE Sgt. Your my & other ex members HERO! John P.

@gordonadams4793 11 дней назад

Now more than ever, AMERICA NEEDS TO KNOW THIS HISTORY, of valor,courage and patriotism.

@kathys1077 Месяц назад

Now this is a real man. He’s also a hero!!!

@maggiethompson8222 7 дней назад

Small group with a big mouth! Some things don't change. God bless our patriotic heroes 🙏 and American freedom 🇺🇸👏🇺🇸

@josephsmith6944 2 месяца назад

God Bless All Green Berets ❤😊 !

@joef3558 Месяц назад

Great respect and admiration for the Green Berets of the Special Forces from this US Marine

@loisedwards8934 2 месяца назад

I just love this song and all the men that this song is song for God bless them all

@user-gz4rk1gm4j Месяц назад

I was in college when this song came out and it still brings tears to my eyes!!!

@dennisbean7336 2 месяца назад

The best movie ever made a tribute to these fantastic Men ❤❤

@EdwardSwink-gq6oy Месяц назад

The greats songs ever written. I served,and every time I hear this song it brings tears to my eye.

@1492tomato 2 месяца назад

A warrior poet. Amen.

@jeaniehuffstetler3901 Месяц назад

My husband was a major in the Army, a ranger. My daughter also served in the Army. She's married to Air Force and currently stationed in Germany. I'm proud of all of them!

@bethrothman8922 2 месяца назад

God Bless You Sir!!!

@ethelhoose1196 2 месяца назад

Thanks for his service

@rontriplett7912 Месяц назад

82nd Airborne Ranger here....Great, great song ...stand tall always... Bless The Green..

@fhtmbdh 3 месяца назад

A real man God bless !!!!!!!!!!!!! I Honer you.

@je1671 Месяц назад

My uncle Bruce Clinton Elkins was a Green Beret, gave us life in Vietnam.. I never got to meet him, but I look forward to meeting him One day in heaven.. I will hug him and tell him how proud I am of him for what he went through in Vietnam....

@darrylbearden8658 2 месяца назад

i have watched this interview about 25 times, just to hear the song. it just pops up and i see it and watch it. great song, great man THE GREEN BERET

@jessesantiago7216 2 месяца назад

My brother was in Vietnam and so scared he wouldn't come home but he did and my mom and me and his family were so proud and happy that he did and this is Patricia

@brentsmith6234 2 месяца назад

My grandma loved this song so do I ,as i cry for the green Barrett. Brothers thak you for your service

@jeffjohnson1302 Месяц назад

Beret

@jeffjohnson1302 Месяц назад

Green Barrett is what Biden and Obamas military wears

@brentsmith6234 Месяц назад

@@jeffjohnson1302 Sorry , Beret

@richt63 2 месяца назад

My late mother had a cousin in the green beret. He died during training. This was during the Korean War. My father served as an army Ranger in world war 2. So yeah this song means alot to me. I heard about it. But it was before time. I was born in 1963. But being an army brat. I heard about it. Thank you for posting this.

@patrickw8302 Месяц назад

I’ll tell you what the green beret of this era Vietnam., were the toughest guys ever.

@tonylittle8634 9 дней назад

My dad ran into SSGT Barry Sadler during a scuffle outside a bar. Barry could fight. He was a natural born fighter/scrapper.

@AngusMacPherson-ch9wh 12 дней назад

Thank you for your service 🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

@user-ut8ls7qp1j 2 месяца назад

a beautiful song , true heroes

@lyndaslocum7404 2 месяца назад

I've loved this song since it first came out and love it still today

@mariaguzman7707 Месяц назад

Thank you to all those who served our country and to those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

@janicepedroli7403 День назад

My daughter was 11 when I first heard it. Today she is 50. Her son my grandson is 29. He is Army Special Forces Airborne. Green Barays and Special Forces they are the best. I m so proud of them all.

@brianmcdermott1718 2 месяца назад

We need more of this on our talk TV talk shows.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍!

@WayneTaylor-tk8uz Месяц назад

AND IN OUR SCHOOLS!

@ronrongey1701 2 месяца назад

Barry Sadler also authored a series of books about Casca the immortal soldier.

@rhondaellis1215 5 дней назад

My father served in the green berets and also with the mountainyard people. He came back sick from eating the native food, they got him well and immediately sent him back. It was a big sacrifice and took a huge toll on my family. This song is very important to me.