The U.S. Army Band "Country Roads" honors the legacy of the Special Forces with a heartfelt performance of "Ballad ... by Green Beret Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler, the song became an enduring tribute ...

Speakers at the ceremony told story after story of a man who took part in the first HALO (High Altitude, Low Opening) combat jump into enemy territory in Vietnam ... Ballad of the Green Berets." ...

"The Ballad of the Green Berets" sold something over two million ... for months while Sadler plays medic and sings some more in Vietnam. An ABC film crew happens by the camp and records Sadler ...