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3 Faces of Shock, Awe and Death
Guest Commentator
When I was a nineteen-year-old soldier in South Viet Nam, one of the tunes played most often on Armed Forces radio was “Jimmy Mack” by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas. Although a great pop classic with pulsing bass and a tight horn section underneath Martha’s fabulous vocal, the content of “Jimmy Mack” was about little…
When I was a nineteen-year-old soldier in South Viet Nam, one of the tunes played most often on Armed Forces radio was "Jimmy Mack" by Martha…
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