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    The song 'Fortunate Son' from 'Live Free or Die Hard' was mainly written for which historical event?

    Question #83161. Asked by spielbergfreak. (Jul 10 07 3:26 PM)


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    John Fogerty says that the song was indirectly inspired by David Eisenhower, the grandson of President Dwight David Eisenhower who married Julie Nixon, the daughter of President Richard Nixon in 1968. (Eisenhower later enlisted in the Navy Reserve.)

    This song was popular during the Vietnam War and is included in the film Forrest Gump and in the computer game Battlefield Vietnam. It was most recently used in the movie Live Free or Die Hard. The song symbolizes the thoughts of a man who is being drafted. This spoke out against the war in Vietnam, but was supportive of the soldiers fighting there. It is sung from the perspective of one of these men, who ends up fighting because he is not a "Senator's son" or a "Fortunate one."


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    Jul 10 07, 3:34 PM

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