Thank you for taking the time to read this. Here is the direct link to the article on Investing Fuel: Leaving those dangerous hills behind them that they’d been stuck in for a decade, hope had begun to resurface for the first time since the war had started back in the 60s. But in this serene shot of some of the last troops to be brought out of Vietnam, there is a different sort of solace in their expressions. to get the soldiers and POW’s the heck out of the jungle. It didn’t take long after President Ford announced the end of the Vietnam War for the U.S. Johnny recorded the song and the rest, as people often say, is history! Johnny came running out and yelled, “What the hell is going on here?” Kris told him, “I’ve been trying for weeks to get you this tape, Hoss! Here!” He got back in the helicopter and flew away. He flew it right into Johnny’s backyard and hopped out of the chopper with the rotors still going. He tried every angle in the book to get the song to Johnny–Cash’s producer, publisher, manager, recording engineer. My friend, Marc Yablonka send me the following story about Kris: When he was pushing a broom at Columbia Records in Nashville trying to make it as a songwriter, he wrote the song “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down” for Johnny Cash. Kris has always been extremely outspoken with his strong opinions about how he feels about war and soldiers in general, lamenting that he will forever be the strongest supporter for those in battle, but never for those who send them there. He bumps elbows with some of the most famous people in the world and Kris is a proud Army veteran, who flew helicopters in Germany.
He’s a hit singer/songwriter, actor, and extremely educated in the field of literature and cinema. Kris Kristofferson is not someone small in the world of fame.
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If you’d like more information about the Donut Dollies, Barbara said that TUBI tv (free) has a movie download titled “A Touch of Home”. Barbara Lilly, a former Donut Dollie, who contacted me about the incorrect captions for both DD photos in this article both are now changed as a result of her input. I stopped by the rec center in Cu Chi and visited every time I was sent to the basecamp.Ī special thanks to Ms. The special games were designed to take their minds off the war and provide overall morale-boosting socialization during such an otherwise dark and deadly time. Instead, these girls wrote audience participation game shows, put them in a large green bag, and jumped in a chopper, or a jeep or a truck…whatever could take them to the firebases and LZs, where they literally played games with the troops and passed out ditty bags or other goodies sent to them. Despite their names, they did not serve donuts in Vietnam as that was a WWII gig.
The Donut Dollies ran recreation centers in large base camps, but their primary jobs were to be mobile. The Red Cross was a huge part of the Vietnam War and was mostly made up of volunteers.
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