I hearken back to the early 60' s when Dylan's first albums were finding play at underground FM

stations. Albums like.——

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan—The Times They Are a-Changin—- Highway 61 Revisited—and later Blonde on Blonde 

in boxes, and by 1969 Nixon was sure that N.Vietnam could be bombed into peace. By then a dozen of my friends and a first cousin were dead and those of us in that age group who were still at home wanted to stay here. But the draft had started calling guys up, and many of us had decided we didn't see Vietnam as a threat to the US, and certainly not worth the lives of thousands of men who were dying there. Dylan wrote approx. 81 anti-war songs during that time (1962-1974) some of them classics like: "With God on Our Side", A Hard Rain's a Gonna' Fall, Masters of War, "Blowin in the Wind"   and those of us who loved our country but didn't agree with the politics of that war, found a friend in Dylan. He spoke for us, justified us, and unified us. We were by no means the "Chickens" Nixon and co. called us, had any county attacked us, we would have been there to defend in a heartbeat. By 1974  more than 58,000 Americans were killed in Vietnam while over 153,000 were wounded,and the country was sadly divided.But the war was over and it was time for the USA to heal. Those who didn't live through it can't know what people like Dylan meant to us, how he and others like him helped bring an end to the seemingly never-ending caskets covered by US flags being flown back to the states day after day. If Dylan and others like him helped save one life, they accomplished their purpose. I will always be grateful for their support, they will always have a special place in my heart as they did what I wish I could have. They hastened an end to a war that was tearing this country apart and ending the lives of so many of it's finest.. To the day I die, I will be thankful for Dylan's contribution to life, and for the lives of my friends,who are still with me today.

I hearken back to the early 60' s when Dylan's first albums were finding play at underground FM

stations. Albums like.——

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan—The Times They Are a-Changin—- Highway 61 Revisited—and later Blonde on Blonde 

in boxes, and by 1969 Nixon was sure that N.Vietnam could be bombed into peace. By then a dozen of my friends and a first cousin were dead and those of us in that age group who were still at home wanted to stay here. But the draft had started calling guys up, and many of us had decided we didn't see Vietnam as a threat to the US, and certainly not worth the lives of thousands of men who were dying there. Dylan wrote approx. 81 anti-war songs during that time (1962-1974) some of them classics like: "With God on Our Side", A Hard Rain's a Gonna' Fall, Masters of War, "Blowin in the Wind"   and those of us who loved our country but didn't agree with the politics of that war, found a friend in Dylan. He spoke for us, justified us, and unified us. We were by no means the "Chickens" Nixon and co. called us, had any county attacked us, we would have been there to defend in a heartbeat. By 1974  more than 58,000 Americans were killed in Vietnam while over 153,000 were wounded,and the country was sadly divided.But the war was over and it was time for the USA to heal. Those who didn't live through it can't know what people like Dylan meant to us, how he and others like him helped bring an end to the seemingly never-ending caskets covered by US flags being flown back to the states day after day. If Dylan and others like him helped save one life, they accomplished their purpose. I will always be grateful for their support, they will always have a special place in my heart as they did what I wish I could have. They hastened an end to a war that was tearing this country apart and ending the lives of so many of it's finest.. To the day I die, I will be thankful for Dylan's contribution to life, and for the lives of my friends,who are still with me today.