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To: ansel12

Charles H. better at history than I am...however, according to legend it was Barry "Ballad of the Green Berets" Sadler who made the t-shirt popular during Vietnam.


12 posted on 04/15/2006 10:55:51 PM PDT by durasell (!)
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To: durasell

"Charles H. better at history than I am...however, according to legend it was Barry "Ballad of the Green Berets" Sadler who made the t-shirt popular during Vietnam."



Makes sense I think he had a successful series of books, he was a media savvy guy, and a good man.

A little trivia, the European troops were fascinated with those type T- shirts, they would trade much for them.


24 posted on 04/15/2006 11:36:29 PM PDT by ansel12
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