The song is about my older brother, Charles Joseph Schultz, 2Lt. in the Marine Corps who volunteered to join the Corps despite having been accepted to graduate school at the U. of Michigan School of Natural Resources, after he had graduated from Muhlenburg College in Allentown, Pa. Charlie was in Nam for 30 days when he was killed in an ambush in Quang Tri province in a night firefight when he was walking "point." Charlie was a devotee of John F. Kennedy and thought it was his duty to go to war as his "country needed him." Lillian was our mother, Charlie her first born in '44, and Upland Ave. is where we lived in Metuchen, N.J. Wes is Charlie's nephew by my brother, Mike, who was a psychologist until his death from cancer in 2007. I can see Mike in Wes' face and hear him in his songs. Charlie did not have to go to Nam or even into the service as he would have been deferred for grad school had he chosen to do that. To this day, I wish he had. But he did what he thought was right and gave his all, that "last full measure of devotion," Lincoln spoke of at Gettysburg. Would that it had been in a cause as worthwhile as that war. But Charlie was and is a hero as are all those men who served their country, right or wrong, in Vietnam. Not many days go by when I don't think of him and miss him.
Wow, what an honor to have Wes' family give us an inside look at the true meaning of Charlie Boy. I loved this song from the first moment I heard it. It was so touching to me as my Uncle fought as a Marine in Nam as well, and he was one of the few from his platoon to make it home alive. I am so very sorry for your loss. My Uncle still often speaks of the tragedy he witnessed there and the effects it took on him as a young boy who needed...
Wow, what an honor to have Wes' family give us an inside look at the true meaning of Charlie Boy. I loved this song from the first moment I heard it. It was so touching to me as my Uncle fought as a Marine in Nam as well, and he was one of the few from his platoon to make it home alive. I am so very sorry for your loss. My Uncle still often speaks of the tragedy he witnessed there and the effects it took on him as a young boy who needed his Mother's permission and signature to enlist. He was driven by the pride to serve his Country proudly, and it sounds like Charlie was from the same make as my Uncle. I am so sorry for your family's loss, you never forget the memories. Godspeed Charlie and thank you for your honor in serving our Country.
The song is about my older brother, Charles Joseph Schultz, 2Lt. in the Marine Corps who volunteered to join the Corps despite having been accepted to graduate school at the U. of Michigan School of Natural Resources, after he had graduated from Muhlenburg College in Allentown, Pa. Charlie was in Nam for 30 days when he was killed in an ambush in Quang Tri province in a night firefight when he was walking "point." Charlie was a devotee of John F. Kennedy and thought it was his duty to go to war as his "country needed him." Lillian was our mother, Charlie her first born in '44, and Upland Ave. is where we lived in Metuchen, N.J. Wes is Charlie's nephew by my brother, Mike, who was a psychologist until his death from cancer in 2007. I can see Mike in Wes' face and hear him in his songs. Charlie did not have to go to Nam or even into the service as he would have been deferred for grad school had he chosen to do that. To this day, I wish he had. But he did what he thought was right and gave his all, that "last full measure of devotion," Lincoln spoke of at Gettysburg. Would that it had been in a cause as worthwhile as that war. But Charlie was and is a hero as are all those men who served their country, right or wrong, in Vietnam. Not many days go by when I don't think of him and miss him.
Wow, what an honor to have Wes' family give us an inside look at the true meaning of Charlie Boy. I loved this song from the first moment I heard it. It was so touching to me as my Uncle fought as a Marine in Nam as well, and he was one of the few from his platoon to make it home alive. I am so very sorry for your loss. My Uncle still often speaks of the tragedy he witnessed there and the effects it took on him as a young boy who needed...
Wow, what an honor to have Wes' family give us an inside look at the true meaning of Charlie Boy. I loved this song from the first moment I heard it. It was so touching to me as my Uncle fought as a Marine in Nam as well, and he was one of the few from his platoon to make it home alive. I am so very sorry for your loss. My Uncle still often speaks of the tragedy he witnessed there and the effects it took on him as a young boy who needed his Mother's permission and signature to enlist. He was driven by the pride to serve his Country proudly, and it sounds like Charlie was from the same make as my Uncle. I am so sorry for your family's loss, you never forget the memories. Godspeed Charlie and thank you for your honor in serving our Country.