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Ed W. "Too Tall" Freeman (November 20, 1927 – August 20, 2008) was a United States Army helicopter pilot who received the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Battle of Ia Drang during the Vietnam War. During the battle, he flew through machine gunfire 14 times, bringing supplies to a trapped ...
Sgt. MacKenzie. " Sgt. MacKenzie " is a lament written and sung by Joseph Kilna MacKenzie (1955-2009), [1] in memory of his great-grandfather who was killed in combat during World War I. It has been used in the 2002 movie We Were Soldiers and the ending scene of the 2012 film End of Watch.
Lyrics. To fallen soldiers let us sing Where no rockets fly nor bullets wing Our broken brothers let us bring To the Mansions of the Lord No more bleeding, no more fight No prayers pleading through the night Just divine embrace, Eternal light In the Mansions of the Lord Where no mothers cry and no children weep We will stand and guard though ...
We Were Soldiers. We Were Soldiers is a 2002 American war film written and directed by Randall Wallace and starring Mel Gibson. Based on the book We Were Soldiers Once… and Young (1992) by Lieutenant General (Ret.) Hal Moore and reporter Joseph L. Galloway, it dramatizes the Battle of Ia Drang on November 14, 1965.
Marching Through Georgia. Original 1865 sheet music cover of "Marching Through Georgia" by S. Brainard Sons. " Marching Through Georgia " [a] is an American Civil War -era marching song written and composed by Henry Clay Work in 1865. It is sung from the perspective of a Union soldier who had participated in Sherman's March to the Sea; he looks ...
The '50s progression (also known as the " Heart and Soul " chords, the " Stand by Me " changes, [ 1 ][ 2 ] the doo-wop progression[ 3 ]: 204 and the " ice cream changes " [ 4 ]) is a chord progression and turnaround used in Western popular music. The progression, represented in Roman numeral analysis, is I–vi–IV–V.
The song contains two verses, each divided into two parts. The first part is in the key of F major, while the second is in D major. D represents the relative minor key to F, so a D minor (as opposed to major) section would be expected. The fact that it is nevertheless set in D major is argued to contribute to the unique and appealing character ...
Cover of the 1864 sheet music for "Just Before the Battle, Mother". " Just before the Battle, Mother " was a popular song during the American Civil War, particularly among troops in the Union Army. It was written and published by Chicago -based George F. Root. It was also a popular song with adherents of the Primrose League in England, and was ...