What happened in Viet Nam on Nov. 8th1965 per song about the 134th airborne?

Question

There is a new country song about the 8th of Nov. 1965 in Nam. Want to know what battle or ?? the song is talking about. I think it is about the 134th airborn.

Answer 1

It was called "Operation Hump", and involved The 173rd Airborne Brigade. This occurred a couple years before I got there...and here are the details...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Hump

The song in question, is "8th of November", by Big and Rich.

A little further information..Bien Hoa was the site of the largest military airport in Vietnam. It was the arrival and departure point for almost all the troops stationed in Vietnam.

Answer 2

Operation Hump is memorialized in a song by Big and Rich named "8th of November".

On 05 Nov 1965 the 173rd Airborne Brigade initiated "Operation Hump", a reconnaissance in force in an area about 15 miles north of Bien Hoa.


"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 M-16
Just doing what he had to do
He was dropped in the jungle where the choppers would rumble
With the smell of napalm in the air
And the sergeant said...look up ahead
Like a dark evil cloud, 1,200 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 raining down and the hell all around
There were few men left standing that day
Saw the eagle fly through a clear blue sky
1965, the 8th of November

Now he's 58 and his pony tail's gray
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 his leg
He puts on a gray suit over his Airborne tattoo
And he ties it on one time a year
And remembers the fallen as he orders a tall one
And swallows it down with his tears

[Chorus]

Saw the eagle fly through a clear blue sky
1965...
On the 8th of November the angels were crying
As they carried his brother away
With the fire raining down and the hell all around
There were few men left standing that day

[Chorus]

Said goodbye to his momma as he left South Dakota
TO fight for the red, white and blue
He was nineteen and green with a new M-16
Just doing what he had to do

Answer 3

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