Oldest Military Blogger Resurrection Woodstock & Phil Ochs

The first time I heard the term, Woodstock,

was the first week in August, 1969.

Vacationing in the Concord Hotel area

with my Family, in upstate New York,

with intense traffic conditions prevailing,

we were taken by surprise.

My teen Daughter asked my wife and I

about attending the Woodstock Festival

with a friend whose Father would take

them and bring them back...

We were very happy to approve this request

because White Lake, was only a 15 minute

ride from where we were staying.

Little did I know, that I would be pressed into

an Heroic role, to rescue them, when the rains

came

Today, I still get the repercussions of The

Woodstock Festival and the Performers

who made a profound impression on America's

Future...

One such Performer was Phil Ochs, with a

rendition of a song called,

What are We Fighting For".

An expression of his personal feeling about

the Viet Nam "engagement", in its early

years.

In January of 2011, Phil Ochs was given a

Posthumous celebration of his Artistry

in New York City.

The Celebration included, movies and Entertainers

who sang his stuff and Film of Phil, his Music

and Lyrics.

"I Aint Marchin Any More" was Featured

in the Films.

Fascinating lyrics of the Artist, Phil Ochs,

in his short 30 years of life, produced the following...

I Aint Marching Any More.

Oh, I marched to the Battle of New

Orleans at the end of the Early

British Wars.

This Young Land started Growin,

This Young Blood started Flowin.

I Aint Marchin Any More.

It's Always the Old Who lead to War,

It's Always the Young to Fall.

Now look at all we've won

with the Saber and the Gun, tell me,

Is It Worth, At All....

For I Stole California from Mexican Land

Fought in a Bloody Civil War.

Yes, I killed my Brothers and Many Others.

I Aint Marchin Any More.

For I Marched to the Battles of

The German Trench, in a War bound

to End All Wars.

Well I must have Killed a Million Men,

Now They Want Me Back Again,

I Aint Marchin Any More.

Well I Flew The Final Mission

in Japanese Skies,

Set Off The Mushroom Roar.

When I Saw the Cities Burnin

I Knew I was Learnin.

I Aint Marchin Any More.

Now the Labor Leaders Screaming

when they Close a Missile Plant.

United Fruit Screams at Cuban

Shores.

Call it Peace or Call it Treason,

Call it Love or Call it Reason

I Aint Marchin Any More.

I Aint Marchin Any More.

Today is my 89th Birthday..and

it is my privilege to close with

the following Thoughts.

The 1930 Movie,"All Quiet On The Western Front"

is a WW l Film.

This Movie won the 1930 Academy award for

Best Picture of the Year.

It also has a Foreword before the start of this

Heralded feature, which I repeat here.

"This story is neither an accusation nor

a confession and least of all, an adventure,

...for Death is not an adventure to those

who stand,face to face with it.

It will try simply to tell of a generation

of Men, who, even though they have

survived and escaped its shelling,

were Destroyed by The War."

I use these endearing snippets to make

my world known to those who read me.

These snippets may give you the idea

that I am Anti War.

Well!

You Might be Absolutely, Correct.!