When I was in Army flight school & headed for Vietnam, our version went,
“Silver wings upon my chest,
“Fly my chopper above the rest.
“Cause I make more dough that way,
“And you can’t spend...no green beret.
Our class song was “Ruby, don’t take your love to town”, about a paralyzed veteran (”It wasn’t me who started that old crazy Asian war...”)
Good to hear SSG Barry Sadler’s original is still remembered.
Sadler was the medic for my bunch on Swift Strike. He had just got out of medic course. Way before the song.