Billy Don't Be a Hero Billy Don't Be a Hero "Billy Don't Be a Hero" is a 1974 pop song that was first a UK hit for Paper Lace and then, some months later, a US hit for Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods. The song was written and composed by two British songwriters, Mitch Murray and Peter Callander. Because the song was released in 1974, it was associated by some listeners with the Vietnam War, though the war to which it actually refers is never identified in the lyrics. It has been suggested that the drum pattern, references to a marching band leading soldiers in
A. T. Laurian National College year, there were 521 pupils, of whom 69% were Christian and 31% Jewish. In 1948, the new communist regime changed the institution's name to Secondary School No. 1; "Laurian" was restored in 1960. During the 1960s and '70s, the school saw the establishment of a periodical, a museum and annual reunions, as well as material improvements. In 1999, a decade after the Romanian Revolution, it was granted the title of national college. The school building is listed as a historic monument by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs. A. T. Laurian National College A. T. Laurian National College ()