steve1 5 #1 January 31, 2004 There seems to be several SF people on here, so I thought I'd ask. Anybody know what happened to Barry Saddler? He wrote and sang this back in the 70's. Last I heard he was up on murder charges. I guess he spent too much time in Vietnam. I remember reading an article of his in a gun magazine. It stated that he preferred the AK-47 over the M-16 for jungle combat. So anyhow, I was wondering if he's still around....Steve1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
koz2000 1 #2 January 31, 2004 He died in 1989. In 1988, he was shot in the head during a robbery attempt at his Guatemala home. He suffered brain damage and died of heart failure the following year. His Biohttp://www.icebergradio.com/artist/27652/barry_sadler.html______________________________________________ - Does this small canopy make my balls look big? - J. Hayes - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LouDiamond 1 #3 January 31, 2004 He also wrote a series of books called CASCA, the eternal warrior that were pretty good reads."It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required" Some people dream about flying, I live my dream SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CDRINF 1 #4 February 1, 2004 His son, Major Thor Sadler, is a serving Military intelligence officer. He was S2 for 1-9 Infantry "Manchus" in Korea in 2003. CDR Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve1 5 #5 February 1, 2004 Did anyone else have to sing this in phase 1 at Camp McKal? Every morning after a run around the airstrip we'd start class with this song to the delight of our instructors. Then, if you fell asleep in class there was the threat of this huge black snake that supposedly they'd put down your shirt to help keep you awake. I recall one morning after singing my heart out, to impress the instructor cadre with what a great candidate I was for SF, a sargent walked up to me and said in a deep Southern drawl, "My God, how old are you boy?" I don't think they believed me when I squeaked out "20" because I looked about 15. Somehow I made it through....Steve1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StevePhelps 0 #6 February 1, 2004 We didn't, but the guys I put through prephase (back in the days before SFAS) did. So, in 1977, I didn't, but they did in 1979. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LouDiamond 1 #7 February 1, 2004 QuoteDid anyone else have to sing this in phase 1 HA, which phase 1? They have changed it so much from even when I went through that it's no where near the same. I think officers do this so they have something to put on their OER. The pains of trying to make it into a pipeline I suppose."It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required" Some people dream about flying, I live my dream SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
