The only one I can think of, and it isn’t explicitly so, was Dawn Of Correction by The Spokesmen and it was mainly a parody of* Eve of Destruction* by Barry McGuire. Any better examples? Were there any big hits that were pro-war?
Pro-military if not explicitly pro-Viet Nam war, but the context of the times made it implicitly so.
The Balled of the Green Berets, by Staff Sgt. Barry Saddler.
Ah yes, I was aware of this song but had thought it was from an earlier period.
This was released in 1966. Wasn’t that a little before the war had become really volatile (over there and, figuratively, here)?
I suspected there were some pro-Vietnam country music songs and found that Johnny Wright had a number one country hit with “Hello Vietnam.”
The Fightin’ Side Of Me, by Merle Haggard (very catchy song too!)
The song Okie from Muskogee wasn’t exactly pro-Vietnam, but with the line “We don’t burn our draft cards down on Main Street” it was at least against the war protesters.
This is the song that plays at the begining of Full Metal Jacket while the new recruits are getting their hair cut off.
In one of life’s weird little coincidences, just last night my wife was going through her mother’s things and guess what she found?
No really – guess.
SSGT Sadler’s entire album, you know, the big round vinyl kind. It’s got 12, count’em 12 pro-vietnam tracks on it. If I ever find a way to interface with this ancient technology I’m so going to rip this to my iPod.
Great question by the OP, I’d never heard of anything like that before either. Interesting and thanks to those that pointed out the songs - would be interesting to check these out alongside the plethora of anti-war songs from the period.
I assume the Vietnamese had a few.
We’ve got a copy of the LP in the attic of my mother’s house. I think it originally belonged to my brother.
You can listen to samples of the songs here.
No. Major anti-war demonstrations took place in 1965, and by 1966 things were getting pretty well stirred up.
Which coincided with the escalation of troops (we’d probably call it a “surge”) in 1965. We had 200k marines deployed there by the end of that year.
Let us not forget C Company’s immortal “Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley”, about the guy who was a central figure in the My Lai massacre, and who in this song (sung largely to the tune of “Battle Hymn of the Republic”) turns out to be a hero:
While we’re fighting in the jungles they were marching in the street
While we’re dying in the rice fields they were helping our defeat
While we’re facing V.C. bullets they were sounding a retreat
As we go marching on
And yes, I have this on my Ipod. If I ever have the thing on shuffle and it plays this song followed by the “Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag” I expect the device to implode in a shower of sparks and grinding metal.
Did they? Was/is making songs about contemporary events even part of their culture?
Hijack: You know, with the marginal exception of Good Morning Vietnam, I’ve never seen a Vietnam War movie with any Vietnamese, of either side, as actual, individual characters. We Americans knew hardly anything about them at the time and we still don’t, except for their food.
I think the same thing can be largely said about most of our enemies (especially non-Europeans). Focusing on the rationales and humanity of our opponents (even if just on the individual level) tends to muddy the waters too much for most war movies.
That said, Mel Gibson’s We Were Soldiers has some scenes with individual NVA commanders and soldiers.
You could just buy the CD at amazon.
Now, that’s funny! 
Well, I’m sure the communists had a few stirring refrains, with titles like Onward Glorious Soldiers of Socialism to Crush the Invading Imperialists and every Party member had a copy they dutifully played after meetings.