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Last updated on October 1, 2024.
Charles Alvin Beckwith

Charles Alvin "Charlie" Beckwith was a career U.S. Army Special Forces officer best remembered for creating Delta Force, the premier counterterrorism and asymmetrical warfare unit of the U.S. Army, based on his experience serving with the British Special Air Service. He served in the Indonesian Confrontation and the Vietnam War, and attained the rank of colonel before his retirement.

January 22, 1929 - June 13, 1994
My men and I have decided that our boss, the president of the United States, is as tough as woodpecker lips. — © Charles Alvin Beckwith
My men and I have decided that our boss, the president of the United States, is as tough as woodpecker lips.
We ain't making no goddamn cornflakes here.
You cannot take a few people from one unit, throw them in with some from another, give them someone else's equipment, and hope to come up with a top-notch fighting unit.
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