"The Ballad of the Green Berets" is a 1966 patriotic song co-written and performed by Barry Sadler, in the style of a ballad about the United States Army Special Forces. It was one of the few popular songs of the Vietnam War years to cast the military in a positive light. No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for 5 weeks, from the issue of March 12, 1966. Wiki link