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The song, which begins with a spoken introduction by Kris Kristofferson, tells the tale of Niles Harris, a soldier in the 173rd Airborne Brigade of the United States Army during Operation Hump in South Vietnam on November 8, 1965.
He was a lieutenant of the 173rd Airborne Brigade in the U.S. Army, and served in the Vietnam War.