{"id":892,"date":"2026-05-25T17:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T17:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/?p=892"},"modified":"2026-05-25T17:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T17:16:12","slug":"mm-1966-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/2026\/05\/25\/mm-1966-4\/","title":{"rendered":"MM &#8211; 1966"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7e4ac651328708ea719ac0894fa30934\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/05\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/05\/image-2.png 686w, https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/05\/image-2-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7e4ac651328708ea719ac0894fa30934\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Ballad Of The GREEN BERETS&quot; (Lyrics) \u2b50 SSgt BARRY SADLER \u2b50 1966\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3pNA68b7H4w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>&#8220;The Ballad of the Green Berets&#8221; is a 1966 patriotic song co-written and performed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barry_Sadler\">Barry Sadler<\/a>, in the style of a ballad about the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Army_Special_Forces\">United States Army Special Forces<\/a>. It was one of the few popular songs of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\">Vietnam War<\/a>\u00a0years to cast the military in a positive light.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The song became a major hit in January 1966, reaching number one for five weeks on the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billboard_(magazine)\">Billboard<\/a><\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billboard_Hot_100\">Hot 100<\/a>, and was ranked number one of that chart&#8217;s most successful songs of 1966. It was also a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crossover_hit\">crossover hit<\/a>, reaching number one on\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)\">Easy Listening<\/a>\u00a0chart and number two on\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hot_Country_Songs\">Country<\/a>\u00a0survey. &#8220;The Ballad of the Green Berets&#8221; was the most commercially successful topical song of the Vietnam War era.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. . . &#8220;The Ballad of the Green Berets&#8221; is a 1966 patriotic song co-written and performed by\u00a0Barry Sadler, in the style of a ballad about the\u00a0United States Army Special Forces. 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