Article 1: Haywood T. "The Kid" Kirkland from Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans (1984) Song 1: Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival Similarities: In the song written by Creedence Clearwater Revival called “Fortunate Son”, he sings about how the military life is not for him. He wasn't born to fight for this country, and risk his life for a war that is pointless. “Some folks inherit star spangled eyes. Ooh they send you down to war, Lord. And when you ask them ‘How much should we give?’. Ooh they only answer more! More! More! Yall. It ain’t me, it ain't me, I ain't no military son, son.” This is similar to “The Kid” article because he also tries everything to get out of the military with an Honorable Discharge because he too realizes that he doesn't want to fight for the Vietnam war anymore, or be involved with the military at all. “I was successful playing crazy. I got an honorable discharge. Because I was a veteran with medals and an honorable discharge, Washington city had a job offer for me. The police force or the post office. The police …show more content…
When he got to Vietnam and was treated so differently from the white soldiers he began to change his mind about the war. However, in the song the singer did not want to be involved with the war at all, even from the beginning. “I got drafted on November 22,1966. I had been working for a book distributor and as a stock boy in some stores coming out of high school. A lot of dudes were trying to do things to get deferments. One of my brothers put some kind of liquid in his eye and said he had an eye problem at the physical. He never went. I didn't try anything. I knew when I got drafted I was going to Vietnam, no matter what I did. I knew because of the vision I had when I was