The new song by Big & Rich???

Question

ok, so i heard the new song by big & rich "8th of November". I know it's about a war or a battle but i don't know which one. thank you

Answer 1

A battle that took place in Viet Nam - awesome song. The unit in question was ambushed & almost all of the American soldiers were killed. They met the man the song was written for & it is HIS story.

Answer 2

It's about the The 8th Of November battle where the 173rd Airborne Birgade was ambushed by over 1200 Viet Cong During Operation HUMP in Vietnam.

Answer 3

The 173rd Airborne is ambushed by over 1,200 Viet Cong in Operation Hump during the Vietnam War.

Answer 4

The Eighth of November

Answer 5

ts a true story about a veitnam veteran

8th of November

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This was written by Big&Rich.
It was written for Niles Harris, retired 25 years from the U.S Army. He was at Vietnam in a battle where 48 american soldiers lost their lives. This is his Story


Said goodbye to his momma
As he left SOUTH DAKOTA
To fight for the red white and blue
He was 19 and green
With a new M16
Just doin’ what he had to do
He was dropped in the jungle
Where the choppers would rumble
With the smell of napalm in the air
Then the Sargent said
Look up ahead
Like a dark evil cloud
1200 came down
On him and 29 more
They fought for their lives
But most of them died
in the 173rd Airborne

Chorus:
On the 8th of November
The angels were crying
As they carried his brothers away
With the fire rainin’ down
And the hell all around
There were few men left standin’ that day
Saw the eagle fly
Through a clear blue sky 1965
The 8th of November

Now he’s 58
And his ponytail’s grey
But the battle still plays in his head
He limps when he walks
But he’s strong when he talks
About the shrapnel they left in leg
He puts on a grey suit
over his Airborne tattoo
And he ties it on one time a year
And remembers the fallen
As he orders a tall one
Swallows it down with his tears


On the 8th of November
The angels were crying
As they carried his brothers away
With the fire rainin’ down
And the hell all around
There were few men left standin’ that day
Saw the eagle fly
Through a clear blue sky 1965
The 8th of November
Saw the eagle fly
Through a clear blue sky 1965
65

On the 8th of November
The angels were crying
As they carried his brothers away
With the fire rainin’ down
And the hell all around
There were few men left standin’ that day

On the 8th of November
The angels were crying
As they carried his brothers away
With the fire rainin’ down
And the hell all around
There were few men left standin’ that day
Saw the eagle fly
Through a clear blue sky 1965
The 8th of November

The 8th of November (8th of November)

Said goodbye to his momma
As he left SOUTH DAKOTA
To fight for the red white and blue
He was 19 and green
With a new M16
Just doin’ what he had to do

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Answer 6

WWI