We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War

this was a joy to read If you grew up in the 60's and especially if you served in Vietnam the music we listened to was part of our lives. When we hear a particular song it strikes a cord and helps us relive that time. Music and Vietnam go together. Music in Vietnam was an escape from the war. We Gotta Get out of this Place tells the . Amazon Customer said Thank GOD I did get out. When ordered I thought I was going to get a CD. When the order arrived, it was a book, I have to say it was a good surprise. Not only could I virtually hear the songs that were talked about but, I could truly relate to the times and remember what I was going through and where I was in nam when they were played . Five Stars thank you

For a "tunnel rat" who blew smoke into the Viet Cong's underground tunnels, it was Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze". In We Gotta Get Out of This Place, Doug Bradley and Craig Werner place popular music at the heart of the American experience in Vietnam. They also demonstrate that music was important for every group of Vietnam veterans-black and white, Latino and Native American, men and women, officers and "grunts" - whose personal reflections drive the book's narrative.. For a black marine distraught over the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., it was Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools". For a Kentucky rifleman who spent his tour trudging through Vietnam's Cent