19 lyrics

Artist  : Paul Hardcastle 
Song : 19



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														   In 1965 Vietnam seemed like just
another foreign war,

but it wasn't.

It
was different in many ways, as so were tose that
did the fighting.

In World War II the
average age of the combat soldier was 26...

In Vietnam he was 19.

In inininininin
Vietnam he was 19.





(TV
announcer's voice)

The shooting and
fighting of the past two weeks continued today

25 miles west of Saigon

I really wasn't
sure what was going on (Vet's Voice)



Nininini Nineteen, 19, Ni-nineteen 19

19,19,19,19



In Vietnam the combat
soldier typicaly served a twelve month tour of
duty but

was exposed to hostile fire almost
everyday

Ninininininininininin 19
nininininninin 19



Hundreds of
Thousands of men who saw heavy combat in Vietnam
were arrested

since discharge

Their
arrest rate is almost twice that of non-veterans
of the same age.

There are no accurate
figures of how many of these men have been
incarcerated.

But, a Veterans
Administration study concludes that the greater
of Vets

exposure to combat could more
likely affect his chances of being arrested or

convicted.



This is one legacy of
the Vietnam War



(Singing Girls)

All those who remember the war

They
won't forget what they've seen..

Destruction of men in their prime

whose
average was 19

Dedededededede-Destruction

Dedededededede-Destruction

War, War

Dededede-Destruction, wa-wa-War, wa-War,
War

Dedededededede-Destruction

War,
War



After World War II the Men came
home together on troop ships, but the Vietnam

Vet often arrived home within 48 hours of
jungle combat

Perhaps the most dramatic
difference between World War II and VietNam
was

coming home.. .none of them received a
hero's welcome

None of them received