Topic: Ballad of the Green Berets

rlbush · March 30th, 2004

From http://www.geocities.com/tony_robert...adlerlife.html :
"On September 8, 1988, he was a passenger in a taxi in Guatemala, returning home after a day of drinking and carousing. He was travelling along the Antigua highway when a bullet fired from an unknown marksman struck him in the head. The other passenger in the taxi, a woman, claimed Sadler's own handgun was in his hand when he had been hit. The driver had run off by the time the police arrived, but the woman was arrested. Barry Sadler was taken to Guatemala City hospital and then after 72 hours was flown to the Veterans Administration hospital in Nashville, where he lay for months until his death."

If I recall correctly, at the time he was shot he was selling various weapons systems to the Contra's and other groups. The catalyst for his death was a business deal that turned sour. As a result he was killed. There was an article published about this in GQ back in April 1990 I think that I have around here somewhere, that I'll dig up and provide more information from. Here is a scan of the cover I found:

http://www.chaosmags.com/scans/g/gq0490.jpg

Although Robin Moore's name is listed in the credits for the song, and Sadler is shown on the cover of his book, I remember clearly Barry saying that HE wrote it.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...=gr&GRid=12213

March 30th, 2004
rlbush Immunes	From http://www.geocities.com/tony_robert...adlerlife.html : "On September 8, 1988, he was a passenger in a taxi in Guatemala, returning home after a day of drinking and carousing. He was travelling along the Antigua highway when a bullet fired from an unknown marksman struck him in the head. The other passenger in the taxi, a woman, claimed Sadler's own handgun was in his hand when he had been hit. The driver had run off by the time the police arrived, but the woman was arrested. Barry Sadler was taken to Guatemala City hospital and then after 72 hours was flown to the Veterans Administration hospital in Nashville, where he lay for months until his death." If I recall correctly, at the time he was shot he was selling various weapons systems to the Contra's and other groups. The catalyst for his death was a business deal that turned sour. As a result he was killed. There was an article published about this in GQ back in April 1990 I think that I have around here somewhere, that I'll dig up and provide more information from. Here is a scan of the cover I found: http://www.chaosmags.com/scans/g/gq0490.jpg Although Robin Moore's name is listed in the credits for the song, and Sadler is shown on the cover of his book, I remember clearly Barry saying that HE wrote it. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...=gr&GRid=12213