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Rare Signature of the “Green Beret” Composer
SADLER, Barry (1940-1989). American soldier, musician, singer, actor. Served as a combat medic as a Green Beret. Vietnam veteran who reached the top of the charts with his 1966 “Ballad of the Green Berets.” The “Green Berets” became a movie in 1968 featuring John Wayne. Sadler killed a country music singer with a bullet right between the eyes. A few years later in 1998, Sadler was shot in the head believed by some form an assassin’s bullet. Rare, 3”x5” card inscribed along with a three-word sentiment and signed “S/Sgt Barry Sadler.” This is only the second signature of Sadler we have seen in 50 years. Together with an informative 1966 newspaper article.................$275.00
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