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Today's Morning Edition music is from the "Ballad of the Green Berets," which was No. 1 on the Billboard pop chart 50 years ago today. 

It was written and performed by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler while he was recovering from a leg wound sustained during the war in Vietnam. Sadler was a medic in the U.S. Army Special Forces also known as the Green Berets. 

He wrote the song in honor of another Green Beret, James Gabriel Jr., the first native Hawaiian to die while fighting in the Vietnam War.

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Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler wrote the song in honor of another Green Beret, James Gabriel Jr., the first native Hawaiian to die while fighting in the Vietnam War.

Sadler's "Ballad of the Green Berets" was number one 50 years ago.

Sadler's 'Ballad of the Green Berets' was No. 1 50 years ago

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