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  • His idols are the Black Berets, which is normal for a boy his age.

    Stalin's Ghost Smith, Martin Cruz, 1942- 2007

  • In the end, there were probably more journalists at Tora Bora than there were Western soldiers, who totaled around seventy or so Delta operators, Green Berets, and British Special Boat Service troops.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • He marched into his room and threw out his copy of Judy At Carnegie Hall and replaced it with The Ballad Of The Green Berets.

    Matt Budd: The Lyons Roar at the Vineyard Theater Matt Budd 2011

  • He marched into his room and threw out his copy of Judy At Carnegie Hall and replaced it with The Ballad Of The Green Berets.

    Matt Budd: The Lyons Roar at the Vineyard Theater Matt Budd 2011

  • How do the aspiring Green Berets respond when faced with a series of difficult-to-impossible tasks, such as pushing a decrepit truck trailer along a muddy forest road?

    Desperately Seeking Talent David A. Shaywitz 2011

  • The Green Berets did call in airstrikes but were not allowed to engage in firefights with al-Qaeda because of concerns that the battle would turn into a “meat grinder.”

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • In the end, there were probably more journalists at Tora Bora than there were Western soldiers, who totaled around seventy or so Delta operators, Green Berets, and British Special Boat Service troops.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • Fury, a thirty-seven-year-old major in the elite Delta Force commandos, would lead the small American and allied force at Tora Bora: forty Delta operators from “black” Special Forces, fourteen Green Berets from the less secretive “white” Special Forces, six CIA operatives, a few Air Force signals operators, and a dozen British commandos from the Special Boat Service.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • Fury, a thirty-seven-year-old major in the elite Delta Force commandos, would lead the small American and allied force at Tora Bora: forty Delta operators from “black” Special Forces, fourteen Green Berets from the less secretive “white” Special Forces, six CIA operatives, a few Air Force signals operators, and a dozen British commandos from the Special Boat Service.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • The Green Berets did call in airstrikes but were not allowed to engage in firefights with al-Qaeda because of concerns that the battle would turn into a “meat grinder.”

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

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