
Inspired by letters he received from U.S. soldiers in Iraq, Billy Joel wrote the antiwar ballad Christmas in Fallujah. Joel picked the unknown Cass Dillon, 21, to record the single because his age is close to that of many fighting in the war.
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Inspired by letters he received from U.S. soldiers in Iraq, Billy Joel wrote the antiwar ballad Christmas in Fallujah. Joel picked the unknown Cass Dillon, 21, to record the single because his age is close to that of many fighting in the war.