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Colt Terry, Green Beret
Charles D. Patton
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Description for Colt Terry, Green Beret
A life-story of Second Lieutenant Colt Terry, a member of the original Green Berets. This book covers his enlistment as a buck private in 1945 to his retirement as a lieutenant colonel in 1970, and how he served five tours in combat, trained guerrillas, and earned two combat infantry badges, a Purple Heart, and two Bronze Stars. Series: Texas A & M University Military History S. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 b&w photos, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTM; HBW; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Texas A & M University Military History S.
Number of Pages
256
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
College Station, United States
ISBN
9781585443734
SKU
V9781585443734
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About Charles D. Patton
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. ... Read more
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