Colt Terry, Green Beret
The 10th Special Forces Group was the first of the Green Beret units. Its five hundred men, all Airborne and mostly Rangers, received extensive training in everything from specialized weapons to uncommon languages. Their primary mission was to train and lead indigenous guerrillas operating in enemy territory. Second Lieutenant Colt Terry, who had joined the 82nd Airborne in 1947, had already done this in Korea. As a volunteer in the 10th SFG, he carried on his service, working with the Montagnards in Vietnam and the Khmer in Cambodia. He fought at Pleiku, Duc Co, and Plei Me, and he ferried supplies and weapons on elephants into Cambodia. Fro…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-58544-373-4
- EAN: 9781585443734
- Produktnummer: 1459687
- Verlag: Texas A & M University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm 576 g
- Abbildungen: 30 b&w photos, index
- Gewicht: 576
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
CHARLES D. PATTON heard Colt Terry's story from the retired Green Beret himself and, inspired by it, decided to write it down. Interviews with other principals, letters, and other documentation supplemented Terry's firsthand accounts. Patton, who lives in Orlando, Florida, is a senior marketing director for a major leisure industry firm. He holds an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.
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