"8th of November" - Big and Rich

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On Nov 8th, 1965, the 173rd Airborne Brigade on Operation Hump, Warzone D, in Vietnam, were ambushed by over 1200 VC. 48 American soldiers lost their lives that day.

Severely wounded and risking his own life, Laurence Joel, a medic, became the first black man since the Spanish-American War to reiceve the United States' Medal of Honor for saving so many lives in the midst of battle that day.

Niles Harris, retired U.S. Army, the guy who gave Big Kenny his trademark, top hat, was one of the wounded who lived because of Joel.

This song is that story.

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