He is one of my all time favorites. I had no idea he ever was in the military, RIP. 😢
He is a former United States Army Rangers captain. He graduated Airborne School, Ranger School, and flight school, served in Germany, and volunteered for Vietnam as a helicopter pilot, but instead was offered a professor of English Literature position at USMA West Point. [Reply]
He was an amazing man. A little known fact he was a Rhodes Scholar and attended Oxford. He also volunteered for active duty in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot when he graduated from Westpoint. The Army made him a helicopter instructor instead. Absolutly one of the greatest Folk and Country songwriters this country has produced. We lost a good one. [Reply]
