We Gotta Get Out of This Place : The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War Philip Matyszak Stanford University

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In Closing Time

a life seen in pictures only Librarians can read

But what will happen once Rahima is of marriageable age

He has never gone further than the end of the road on his own

We Gotta Get Out of This Place : The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War Philip Matyszak Stanford UniversityFor a Kentucky rifleman who spent his tour trudging through Vietnams Central Highlands, it was Nancy Sinatras These Boots Are Made for Walkin. For a tunnel rat who blew smoke into the Viet Congs underground tunnels, it was Jimi Hendrixs Purple Haze. For a black marine distraught over the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., it was Aretha Franklins Chain of Fools. And for countless other Vietnam vets, it was I Feel Like Im Fixin to Die, Wholl Stop