The following are lyrics to "Bye, Bye Miss American Pie."


But February made me shiver
With every paper I delivered
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step

I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died

I interpreted these lyrics to mean the two following things.
First, I thought it was talking about the Vietnam war when it says
"Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step

I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride."

I also believe it is talking about when the plane crashed carrying Holly, Valens, and Richardson.

This picture is of the United States soldiers changing a flag because one of the commanding officers ordered them to because a politician that was visiting wanted to hang it in his office. It became known to many as a symbol of victory and hope, and the soldiers pictured were known to all as heroes. Later on in the war, some of these brave soldiers were lost due to guerrilla warfare. The survivors returned to America and were treated like the bravest soldiers in all of the Vietnam War.