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    • Dec 23, 1969
    Merle Haggard & The Strangers record "The Fightin' Side Of Me" at the Capitol Recording Studios in Los Angeles
    Jan 26, 1970
    Capitol releases Merle Haggard's single "The Fightin' Side Of Me"
    Mar 18, 1970
    Columbia releases Johnny Cash's "What Is Truth"
    Mar 29, 1970
    Bobbie Gentry sings "Ode To Billie Joe" for soldiers in a V.A. hospital on CBS' "The Ed Sullivan Show." Buck Owens, the host of CBS' "Hee Haw," performs "Tall Dark Stranger" and "Act Naturally." The evening's lineup also includes Gladys Knight
    Apr 15, 1971
    C Company Featuring Terry Nelson is saluted by the RIAA with a gold single for its "Battle Hymn Of Lt. Calley"
    Apr 24, 1971
    Vietnam War veteran John Kerry gives an anti-war speech to 250,000 demonstrators from the steps of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Appearing in support is John Denver, who joins Peter, Paul & Mary to lead the crowd in "Give Peace A Chance"
    Sep 5, 1972
    Merle Haggard records "I Wonder If They Ever Think Of Me" at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville
    Feb 17, 1973
    Merle Haggard's prisoner-of-war drama "I Wonder If They Ever Think Of Me" captures the #1 position on the Billboard country singles chart
    May 24, 1973
    Roy Acuff performs at the White House--along with John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart and Sammy Davis Jr.--for POWs who returned from Vietnam. Acuff sings "Wabash Cannonball." Irving Berlin conducts the orchestra during "God Bless America"
    Jan 21, 1977
    President Jimmy Carter formally pardons most of the draft dodgers who refused to serve during the Vietnam War. It clears the way for Jesse Winchester, who will write Michael Martin Murphey's "I'm Gonna Miss You, Girl," to perform in the U.S. again



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