| Hair – Initials Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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also: LBJ = Lydon B. Johnson The thirty-sixth President of the United States (1963–1969).President Johnson increasingly focused on the American military effort in Vietnam. He firmly believed in the Domino Theory and that his containment policy required America to make a serious effort to stop all Communist expansion. At Kennedy's death, there were 16,000 American military advisors in Vietnam. Johnson expanded their numbers - the "escalation" of the Vietnam War began. IRT = Interborough Rapid Transit (Subway in New York) |
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| Hair – Three-Five-Zero-Zero Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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What does 3-5-0-0 mean? Answer #1: According to James Rado, it represents the number of G.I. casualties (either per week or per month, he isn‘t sure) at the height of the Vietnam War. Answer #2: Three-five-zero-zero, or the number three-thousand-five-hundred, is the number of Americans (Marines), who, on March 8, 1965, landed in Vietnam, the first ever to be specifically designated as COMBAT troops, thus marking a turning point, the official beginning of America‘s (or LBJ‘s) escalation of the War in Vietnam. |
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