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    • Jan 10, 1966
    Decca releases Loretta Lynn's "Dear Uncle Sam"
    Jan 20, 1966
    RCA releases Sgt. Barry Sadler's album "Ballads Of The Green Berets"
    Jan 30, 1966
    Sgt. Barry Sadler performs "The Ballad Of The Green Berets" from New York on "The Ed Sullivan Show"
    Jul 4, 1966
    Johnny Sea sings his Vietnam-connected "Day For Decision" on Independence Day during a Liberace concert at Las Vegas' Sahara Hotel
    Nov 29, 1966
    Jan Howard's oldest son, Jimmy Howard, is drafted for military service. He is eventually killed in Vietnam
    Jan 30, 1967
    Two months after his older brother was drafted, Jan Howard's second son, Corky Howard, voluntarily joins the military to serve in Vietnam
    Mar 14, 1967
    Roy Acuff takes his second trip to entertain American troops in Vietnam
    May 7, 1967
    Sgt. Barry Sadler receives an honorary discharge from the Army at Fort Bragg near Fayetteville, North Carolina, more than a year after he had a million-selling single with "The Ballad Of The Green Berets"
    Feb 2, 1968
    Johnny Cash performs for injured soldiers who returned from Vietnam at the Navy Hospital in Millington, Tennessee
    Mar 16, 1968
    Over 300 unarmed civilians are killed during the My Lai Massacre in South Vietnam. When it is reported on TV, Mac Davis responds emotionally. His son's reaction to his tears inspires Davis to write the future Elvis Presley hit "Don't Cry Daddy"



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