The link to this song was sent into Veterans Today by a friend of ours. He asked that it be included in our Stories of Agent Orange effort. It comes from a post on the blog Agent Orange Zone.

During the Vietnam War, Country Joe McDonald wrote a song called “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ To Die Rag” that was both an anti-war anthem and a source of gallows humor for many Vietnam Veterans. Over the years it
has become one of the most identifiable Vietnam War songs ever written.

What a lot of people don’t know is that Joe is a US Navy veteran who has been very supportive of Vietnam Vets and their causes over the years.

He maintains a website (http://countryjoe.com/) that includes a section, “Next Stop Vietnam,” with various links to veterans and military organizations, and to medical information about PTSD, Agent Orange, and other war-related health
information. It is here where we find the Agent Orange Song.

Robert L. Hanafin, Major, U.S. Air Force-Retired, Staff Writer, Veterans Today Military Veterans and Foreign Affairs Journal