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  Ralph Puckett - Army +15 Total Videos

  Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade

  After twenty two years of service, Ralph Puckett retired and had a successful private life, but it was inevitable that he would reconnect with his beloved Rangers. His talent at building confidence is put to very good use at the Ranger school.

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  Clyde Burnette - Air Force +13 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  After serving in World War II and the Korean War, Clyde Burnette was stationed in the Philippines as the Vietnam War began to heat up. He nearly got sent there but returned to the States to finish his career which included prepping aircraft for possible use in the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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  Mike Durant - Army +6 Total Videos

  160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment

  Mike Durant recalls the strategies that he had to employ to keep his morale up. He had to face a multitude of obstacles to keep his injuries under control while he was moved around various locations in Mogadishu. Part 2 of 4

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  Michael Boyce - Marines +3 Total Videos

  USMC, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expedition Brigade, 1st-4th Air Wings

  Mr. Boyce discusses the duties he was responsible for, and describes what he experienced during his time in Bahrain.

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  Mike Durant - Army +6 Total Videos

  160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment

  Mike Durant recalls the circumstances that led up to his release as the situation changes in front of his eyes. To his surprise, he is eventually brought to a UN compound and released. Part 4 of 4

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  Gail Taylor Black - Army +7 Total Videos

  440th Signal Battalion

  Gail Taylor Black describes the toll on her and her family during her deployment to Bosnia. Serving in a war zone leaves many soldiers with a lot of family problems, and her family was no different. Part 2 of 2.

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  Young Chang Ha +6 Total Videos

  USS Sperry (AS-12)

  After the war, competition for any work or education was very high for the young men living in Korea. Young Chang Ha tells the story of how he managed to get his education, make his way to America, and begin a career in the U.S. Navy as a Chaplain aboard the USS Sperry (AS-12).

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  Ralph Puckett - Army +15 Total Videos

  US Army Mission to Columbia

  It was an interesting assignment. Help the Columbian Army establish a Ranger training school and get it going. Ralph Puckett built up the program from nothing and he knew it was going to be very good, but he did have one problem, what to call the Columbian Rangers?

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  Changiz Lahidji - Army +8 Total Videos

  Green Beret

  Former Green Beret Changiz Lahidji reflects on his long career. Not only was he the first Muslim Green Beret, he was also the longest serving special forces soldier in history. They told him he had PTSD. It was news to him.

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  Michael Boyce - Marines +3 Total Videos

  USMC, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expedition Brigade, 1st-4th Air Wings

  Part 1: Mr. Boyce shares an interesting incident that led Secretary Baker to visit Turkey which resulted in the U.S. introducing forces into Turkey for the first time in history.

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  LtGen Lawrence Snowden - Marines +16 Total Videos

  USMC HQ

  Lawrence Snowden had a long and varied career as a Marine officer, but the most important lesson on leadership, he learned as a newly commissioned 2nd Lieutenant at Camp Lejeune. His men were not there to serve him. He was there to serve them.

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  Bill Acebes - Army +8 Total Videos

  1st Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment

  Even in a small operation like Urgent Fury in Grenada, there is the tragic result of war and Bill Acebes tells of comforting a junior soldier who came across a disturbing sight after a helicopter crash. In lighter moments he showed the newbies how he used C4 explosive in Vietnam for a common purpose.

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  Doug Heckman - Army +6 Total Videos

  5th Special Forces Group

  Between West Point and Ranger school, mind and body were as well trained as it gets. Doug Heckman valued those experiences as he deployed to Europe when Ronald Reagan faced off with the Soviets.

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  A.R. McCahan - Army +24 Total Videos

  501st Signal Battalion, 101st Airborne Division

  The signal battalion was ecstatic when they got in any new gear following the Vietnam war, remembers Mac McCahan. Nearly everything had been left there. In order to jump with communications capability at hand, he crammed a Command Post's worth of radio gear onto an Army Mule cargo vehicle. And what do you call a Mule full of radios?

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  Bill Acebes - Army +8 Total Videos

  1st Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment

  Leading a small Ranger reaction force during Operation Urgent Fury on the island of Grenada, Bill Acebes secured the airfield and the nearby medical school. He took charge of a motley group of vehicles that included a Russian jeep, a cart with yellow fringe and a Jaguar. He gave the chaplain the cart and you can guess which one he drove.

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  GEN William Kernan - Army +4 Total Videos

  75th Ranger Regiment

  General William F. "Buck" Kernan's biggest heroes are the troops and NCO's that helped develop him into an effective leader. He feels privileged to have served with the Rangers. They are still the role models for the rest of the Army and that is why they lead the way.

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  Mike Durant - Army +6 Total Videos

  160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment

  Mike Durant recounts the circumstances depicted in the book and film "Black Hawk Down" that led to his helicopter going down in Mogadishu, Somalia. Mike was taken as a POW and held in captivity for 11 days. Part 1 of 4

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  Doug Heckman - Army +6 Total Videos

  5th Special Forces Group

  Doug Heckman's Green Beret A Team was a group of highly trained and experienced specialists. Their primary mission area was North Africa. He got to see Rommel's caves in the Sahara but felt the lure of a business career and pursued an MBA while staying active in reserve.

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  GEN William Kernan - Army +4 Total Videos

  75th Ranger Regiment

  When he was serving outside the Ranger Regiment, General William F. "Buck" Kernan thought mostly about getting back. When he did return, he began planning the operation in Panama that became known as Just Cause. After an unusual jump with the softest landing he ever experienced, he witnessed the courage and good judgment of two young Rangers.

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  George Ferkes - Air Force +12 Total Videos

  8th Special Operations Squadron

  In the aftermath of the debacle at Desert One, an effort to plan and execute another mission to rescue the hostages in Iran got under way. Air Force special ops pilot George Ferkes recalls that new tactics and equipment were developed that served as the blueprint for the revitalization of special operations units throughout the military.

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  Roland Guidry - Air Force +18 Total Videos

  8th Special Operations Squadron

  After months of intense planning and training, Operation Eagle Claw commenced. Pilot Roland Guidry was on the first plane to arrive at Desert One, a remote rendezvous point in the Iranian desert. There, the mission would unravel, done in by mechanical malfunctions and worse.

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  George Ferkes - Air Force +12 Total Videos

  8th Special Operations Squadron

  Operation Eagle Claw was the name of the attempt by US Special Forces to rescue the hostages from the embassy in Iran. The mission was aborted because of mechanical failures in helicopters and then turned tragic when eight men died in a fiery crash. Pilot George Ferkes was part of that team and he describes the events from his perspective.

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  Keith Nightingale - Army +27 Total Videos

  Joint Task Force Eagle Claw

  Delta Force and the Rangers had arrived at Desert One but the helicopters were delayed by a dust storm. Only five of them were deemed flyable when they got there and the mission requirements were for six. The mission was scrubbed until the next day and mission planner Keith Nightingale describes the tragic circumstances of the departure from the Iranian desert.

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  Bill Pearson - Army +11 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  Bill Pearson had been to Vietnam twice and returned unscathed, but the Army wasn't done putting him in danger. He was assigned as an aviation consultant to Iran, advising the Shah's air force on it's supply of American aircraft. The day he arrived, martial law was declared and it wasn't long before there were mobs outside trying to burn down the building. The embassy was no help. Escape seemed impossible.

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  Michael Boyce - Marines +3 Total Videos

  USMC, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expedition Brigade, 1st-4th Air Wings

  Mr. Boyce discusses working with many Kurds and Iraqi civilians for about a year following the end of the first Gulf War.