If you’ve ever spent any time at Camp Mackall, NC you’ve likely heard “The Ballad of the Green Beret” over the loud speakers. Well that 1966 song made it unto the pop charts and was sung by real-life Special Forces NCO SSG Barry Sadler. Here’s a photo of him in 1966 while on patrol in Vietnam, advising Montagnard forces.

Long-time SSD readers will likely recognize Sadler’s name and likeness from my posts on the Casca series of pulp fiction books which were launched in 1979 and are still in print but with a new author.

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