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	Khe Sanh (song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		"Khe Sanh" is a Australian pub rock song, released by the band Cold Chisel in 1978, and named after the Battle of Khe Sanh (1968), during the Vietnam War.
		"Khe Sanh" is one of the most popular songs ever recorded by an Australian act and one generally seen as a resonant symbol of Australian culture.
		"Khe Sanh", sung by the band's lead singer, Jimmy Barnes, was released as a 45 rpm single in May 1978.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Khe_Sanh_(song) (571 words)

	Khe Sanh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Khe Sanh is the district capital of Hướng Hoá District, Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam, located 63 km west of Đông Hà.
		Khe Sanh Combat Base was a U.S. Marine outpost in South Vietnam 16°39′16″N, 106°43′51″E (MGRS 48QXD850418) used during the Vietnam War.
		On July 5, 1968, Khe Sanh was abandoned, the U.S. Army citing the vulnerability of the base to enemy artillery.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Khe_Sanh (333 words)

	SONGS OF AMERICANS IN THE VIETNAM WAR-Lydia Fish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		All the songs of the sixties were part of life in the combat zone; troops listened to music in the bush and in the bunkers (Perry 1968).
		These songs served as a strategy for survival, as a means of unit bonding and definition, as entertainment, and as a way of expressing emotion.
		Songs provided a means for the expression of protest, fear and frustration, of grief and of longing for home.
	faculty.buffalostate.edu /fishlm/folksongs/americansongs.htm (2717 words)

	SIEGE
		Khe Sanh, like Dien Bien Phu, was largely surrounded by hills; however, the latter was at the bottom of a valley while Khe Sanh was situated on a plateau which provided some measure of defensive advantage.
		The importance of Khe Sanh and its outposts to the United States was the defenders’ role in interdicting and monitoring movement through the Rao Quang River Valley and Route 9, into Quang Tri Province.
		Khe Sanh veterans returning there today would recognize the calm atmosphere provided by Dong Tri Mountain northeast of the plateau; and the ghosts of Khe Sanh would quietly whisper the memories which some will never forget.
	www.willpete.com /siege.htm (2767 words)

	Cold Chisel
		Featuring the songwriting of Don Walker[?], the guitar of Ian Moss[?] and the screaming vocals of Scottish immigrant Jimmy Barnes[?], the group's hard-driving rock and roll included such Australian anthems as the vietnam war song Khe Sanh, Bow River, and Saturday Night.
		Their music remains popular with many Australians today, particularly amongst working-class males born in the 1960's and 1970's for whom "Chisel" and the lead singer "Barnsey" remain cultural icons.
		Khe Sanh consistently ranks highly in lists of Australia's most popular pop songs and their music remains a staple of rock station playlists.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/co/Cold_Chisel.html (164 words)

	Khe Sanh by Cold Chisel Songfacts
		Khe Sanh was banned on australian radio for the lines "Their legs were often open, but their minds were always closed" and "I have a growing need for speed and novacaine"
		Khe Sanh was a town in the central highlands of Vietnam where American forces progressively built up a combat base.
		The most intense fighting around Khe Sanh took place in early 1968, although the Viet Cong attacks were designed to distract American forces just prior to the Tet offensive.
	www.songfacts.com /detail.php?id=2950 (677 words)

	Australia Post - Rock
		Influenced by the heavy rock sound of the early '70s, their first album was released in April 1978.
		'Khe Sanh', taken from the album, was their first hit and has become their signature song and an anthem of the '80s and '90s.
		The song was certified as the most played song on American radio for 1998.
	www.auspost.com.au /philatelic/stamps/rock/hitsongs.htm (1748 words)

	Bow River by Cold Chisel Songfacts
		The song was also recorded in 1991 by Ian Moss on his second solo album Worlds Away.
		Towards the end of Barnes' live rendition where the song goes into, "I don't need the score, I'm going out the door..." he stumbles for a second and forgets the words.
		IMHO the best songs by Chisel (with the exception of Khe Sanh) were done by Mossy.
	www.songfacts.com /detail.php?id=3634 (415 words)

	William H. Dabney
		All hands knew that both Khe Sanh and the Da Nang brig were infinitely safer than the hill, and there were even two or three who actively sought courts-martial.
		A radio conference with a physician down at Khe Sanh established that his wound was not life-threatening and therefore did not justify an emergency medical evacuation with the consequent risk to the helicopter.
		The lack of a secure means of communications between the hill and Khe Sanh meant that we and the base had to be guarded in what we said, since we had to assume that the enemy was listening.
	www.hmm-364.org /dabney-w.html (2436 words)

	The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The Siege of Khe Sanh - Dec. 10th, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Following the reinforcement theory, another U.S. battalion was transferred to Khe Sanh on 22 January; an ARVN ranger battalion arrived on the 27th, bringing to five the total number of infantry battalions defending Khe Sanh.
		In contrast to various sieges of the 18th century and that of Dien Bien Phu, Khe Sanh could not be "choked off." Re-supply came by air for months preceding the siege.
		The song starts with the line, “73 men sailed.” Mike, the singer, had started writing the song when he was driving on route 73.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/vetscor/803955/posts (5698 words)

	jason vs the world
		I was reading an entry the other day by someone on my buddy list called "twentyone" and she was talking about the songs she was putting on her mix tape.
		Cold Chisel, Khe Sanh - This song will mean nothing to most people not from Australia but it is the unofficial national anthem.
		It is the song where boys link arms and sing drunkenly wether you know or like each other at all.
	jason75.diaryland.com /020723_96.html (546 words)

	Khe Sanh Veterans Association Inc. Redclay Newsletter Issue 60 Memoirs
		I finally reported to Capt. Dabney and told him I was to check on the corpsman situation on the Hill for the BAS down on the Khe Sanh Combat Base.
		John was also a Khe Sanh veteran, having supported operations at Khe Sanh earlier in 1968.
		We stopped for lunch at a very nice hotel restaurant, where we had an excellent view of Co Roc Mountain where the NVA gunners had dug in their heavy artillery to fire on Khe Sanh and the surrounding hills during the siege in 1968.
	www.khesanh.org /redclay/issue-60-memoirs.htm (9416 words)

	Breaker Patrol and Hill 665, Vietnam
		Khe Sanh ville was located on Route 9, in Quang Tri province.
		Khe Sanh Combat Base (KSCB) was located about two miles from the ville, 10 miles from Laos and 15 miles from the DMZ.
		SFOD-A 101 arrived at Khe Sanh in July 1962 as a permanent move, while SFOD-A 323 came on temporary duty in August from the 1st SFG.
	www.talkingproud.us /HistoryBreakerPatrolB.html (4360 words)

	"Tchepone": A fighter jock song (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In the post-industrial age songs of war have been sung mostly by the combatants themselves-part-time troubadours-and have been for the most part takeoffs on popular songs and traditional tunes.
		The songs sung in the "hootch bars" and officers' clubs were many and varied; they ranged from patriotic to sentimental to salacious.
		At the same time, the song firmly, if indirectly, lays out the limits of compromise in the protagonist's value system: if there is a challenge out there, he is prepared take it...
	faculty.buffalostate.edu /fishlm/folksongs/tchepone.htm (2427 words)

	War memorials in Vietnam, an excerpt from The Mourner's Song: War and Remembrance from the Iliad to Vietnam by James ...
		A waving stone flag, a monument set in the middle of what used to be the marines' landing strip at Khe Sanh, recalls the war's rhetoric.
		Khe Sanh became a Dien Bien Phu for America.
		General Giap never intended the siege at Khe Sanh to be a Dien Bien Phu for the Americans, but a diversion from the main event he was planning for 1968, the Tet offensive.
	www.press.uchicago.edu /Misc/Chicago/789934chap1.html (2326 words)

	Songs of the Vietnam War by Lt. Richard A. Morris - Main Page
		The war songs reflect my passions at a time when our nation was fighting to contain international Communism.
		I hope the songs "strike a chord" in you―soldiers and civilians alike―we who have fought so many wars together.
		The 1st Air Cavalry Division launched Operation Pegasus on 31 March 68 to relieve the Marines who were under siege by the North Vietnamese Army at Khe Sahn near the DMZ (demilitarized zone between North and South Vietnam).
	www.vietwarsongs.com (2839 words)

	Jedi Council Forums - True Blue – The Australian Music Thread. Now Discussing Silverchair
		They are the ultimate expression of 1970s Australian pub mentality: not a song of theirs should be heard without a can of beer in your hand, and, if you really want to take things to the extreme, the donning of a particularly unattractive wife-beater.
		The album featured the song that would go on to become their defining one – Khe Sanh, a song about a returned Vietnam War veteran who was having trouble adjusting to life back home.
		Despite the song originally given a classification not suitable for airplay, it is regarded as one of Australia’s definitive songs.
	boards.theforce.net /the_amphitheatre/b10382/25218040/p1/?2 (2383 words)

	RIOS, NOEL LUIS
		On 6 March 1968, SSgt William F. Anselmo and SSgt Noel L. Rios were assigned the duty of traveling from their squadron at DaNang to Khe Sanh Airfield to repair a disabled aircraft.
		He initiated his final approach to Khe Sanh’s airfield, but was forced to abort the landing because of a South Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF) light aircraft that obstructed the runway.
		Due to the tactical situation in and around Khe Sanh, ground search parties first reached the aircraft’s wreckage on 26 April 1968 to begin the grizzly task of recovering remains.
	www.taskforceomegainc.org /r370.htm (1293 words)

	KHE SANH AND POEMS
		August 17 - Khe Sanh airfield closed to normal traffic for repair of runway.
		landing at Khe Sanh and six are killed.
		LZ Snake west of Khe Sanh and kills 78 North Vietnamese.
	hometown.aol.com /messerball/khesanhandpoems.html (1809 words)

	Dateline: November to January 1966 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The first base was Khe Sanh, a Special Forces camp right in the northernmost corner of South Vietnam--about 100 miles NW of DaNang.
		The concept of the operation was, in conjunction with previous Operations Thayer and John Paul Jones, to open QL-1 from Bong Son and eventually from the I Corps border to Cam Ranh Bay.
		Simultaneously, the 1st Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division was to secure the area from Tuy Hoa to Song Cau, as elements of the 39th Engineer Battalion pushed North on QL-1 to Song Cau.
	home.earthlink.net /~engr19/dl06nov66jan67.html (707 words)

	Page4CBMU301history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		On the morning of January 21, 1968, NVA forces launched an all out attack, and the siege of Khe Sanh began.
		Detail Brovo was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation for their support of the 26th Marine Regiment during the 2 month siege of Khe Sanh by the North Vietnamese.
		Cua Viet was at the mouth of the Song Giang River (Dong Ha River) and the South China Sea and was an major supply station for Dong Ha.
	www.geocities.com /cbmu301/Page4CBMU301history.html (1152 words)

	Last Stand - Cold Chisel - Song Listings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Impassioned renditions of 16 of Chisel's best numbers (three of which -- "Twentieth Century," "Flame Trees," and "Janelle" -- had not as yet been released) delivered to rabid audiences show that the guys could still get their mojo working in overdrive and that, to the end, Cold Chisel was a great live act.
		The highlights are numerous, but the most memorable moments are the band's timeless signature song "Khe Sanh," the rock landslide "Goodbye (Astrid Goodbye)," and the singalong favorite "Choir Girl." The recording job is crystal clear, though inevitably can't fully capture the experience of being at the gig amidst the sweat and swagger.
		This song is available from the following music services.
	www.mp3.com /albums/344392/summary.html (706 words)

	Australian Lyrics quiz -- free game
		In which Icehouse song would you find the lyrics, "They're gonna betray you, they're gonna forget you, are you gonna let them take you over this way"?
		True or false: "Out here nothing changes, not in a hurry, anyway," are from a song by the band "Goanna".
		"I Was Only 19" was a song with had those words throughout it, and the song was by the band "Redgum".
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=238031 (235 words)

	WORKING CLASS HERO John Lennon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This song frequently tops Australian FM radio polls as the best rock song of all time.
		A pub anthem, it's lyrics are so deeply ingrained on the Australian psyche, that I felt they should be shared with Z-netters worldwide.
		If you are interested, I could provide you with a further selection of equally powerful lyrics their chief songwriter Don Walker has penned.
	www.zmag.org /Songs/khesanh.htm (324 words)

	Song of the Cicadas
		Mong-Lan, a visual artist as well as writer, weaves three cultures into her Song of the Cicadas: American, Vietnamese and Mexican.
		She writes of the new Vietnam, after it opened its doors to the world in the ‘90s: Hanoi, the capital, and Saigon-Ho Chi Minh City; Vinh Long, the Mekong delta; Hue, and the Khe Sanh battlefield.
		“Song of Cicadas,” the title poem of the book, is a crown of sonnets.
	www.monglan.com /song_of_the_cicadas.htm (1019 words)

	1968: The Definitive Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In addition to the physical preparation of the ground at Khe Sanh, higher headquarters entered the picture to assist in the defense of the combat base and its outlying positions.
		General Westmoreland ordered that Khe Sanh receive maximum support from Boeing B-52 Stratofortress heavy bombers and ordered the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division to prepare to deploy to I Corps Tactical Zone on 24-hour notice.
		From another perspective, Colonel Kent O. Steen, an arrillery officer at Khe Sanh, commented, "we did homemade bunkers not because we wanted to or didn't know better, but that there weren't enough airlift and construction resources in Vietnam to provide the materials we need once the threat was understood." Steen Comments.
	ehistory.osu.edu /vietnam/books/1968/0256.cfm (799 words)

	Ali the RETRO QUEEN and hopeless romantic hehe
		When i say all kinds of music i like particular songs from different kinds of music but mostly Retro and love songs.
		This song is an absolute favourite of mine and i can see it being a favourite forever.
		This song is by The Living End called Prisoner of society.
	www.angelfire.com /ak2/rose1/Brandy.html (399 words)

	About Songwriters Speak
		Or can anyone craft a successful song if the structure is in place and the tools are available?
		Debbie Kruger spoke at length to these 45 songwriters from Australia and New Zealand whose work in rock, pop and country music has left an indelible imprint on Australia’s cultural landscape.
		“Sometimes you think that being a songwriter is like a selfish occupation, and who needs another song in the world, there’s enough already, and it’s a vanity.
	www.debbiekruger.com /songwritersspeak/about.html (419 words)

	Eighth Aerial Port Squadron M.O.B., USAF (8th APS MOB)
		During the siege of Khe Sanh in 1968, volunteers from the 8th APS were sent TDY to augment 15th APS' airlift support of Khe Sanh.
		At least one of these 8th Aerialporters wound up at Khe Sanh with the 15th APS mobility team and lived with the US Marines in the trenches and bunkers of the besieged camp.
		In the spring of 1970, an 8th APS team member at Song Be jumped into a foxhole during a particularly devasting VC attack and manned an M-60 machine gun for hours, warping the barrel by the heat of continued long bursts at the attacking VC.
	8thmob.org (4181 words)

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