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Oh What’s His Name , John Charles Hughes

Oh what’s his name?

I’ve heard of you

Yes Oh what’s his name

The soldier who we once knew

The one who died to save our land

That lad from long ago

Yes, Yes, That’s the one, Oh What’s his name

The clean-cut lad that we sent to fight

So many years ago

His name is not Oh What’s His Name

It’s

John Charles Hughes

Spec-4 Door Gunner

A man brave and true

A mother’s son

“There goes my son”

“I am so proud of you”

He with his smile so quick and pure

A friend to all that’s good

He served his country in Vietnam

Until the day his chopper failed

John had stayed to serve his crew

The night was long

The search was long

At daybreak their fate we knew

John was with his friends

In the wreckage they were found

Still serving me and you

John was a friend

John was my friend

Whose name I barely knew

John Charles Hughes

Oh What’s His Name
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Copyright 2001 - Edward Ewing

*John died in a helicopter crash in 1968

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