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Charles Alvin Beckwith

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Delta Force founder was almost impossible to kill

 

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The Vietnam War - Beckwith "You can shoot the little brown men..." PBS clip

 

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Major Charles A. Beckwith

 

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Colonel Charles Beckwith's Tricks

 

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How a Warrior Speaks - Hal Moore in Vietnam

Charles Alvin ("Charlie") Beckwith, known as Chargin' Charlie, was a career U.S. Army Special Forces officer best remembered as creating Delta Force, the premier counter terrorism and asymmetrical warfare unit of the U.S. Army, based on his experience serving with the British Special Air Service. He served in the Malayan Emergency and the Vietnam War, and attained the rank of colonel before his retirement.