This is a picture of my Uncle Jim, who served in the cavalry in the Pancho Villa expedition and in WWI. Gassed by the Germans he was left for dead on the side of the road, recognized by someone in a passing troop who went to collect his personal effects for the family, he was discovered to be alive. Although he suffered from lung problems the remainder of his life he lived to the age of 66.
The Yorktown Fife & Drums, The Revolution
Hail Columbia, War of 1812
Remember that Francis Scott Key hadn't penned the Defense of Fort McHenry until 1814
The Battle Cry of Freedom, US Civil War
Over There, WWI
Coming In On a Wing and A Prayer, WWII
Ballad of the Green Beret, Vietnam War
Little Consensus has Emerged
There seems to be no particular songs that have emerged as typifying the Gulf War or the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. What are your thoughts as to the music of these wars?
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