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1) The majors
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Dien Bien Phu. Saigon. Hanoi. In 1954, they were only exotic names from a French campaign halfway around the world. But now American fighting men, proven on the bloody beaches of Normandy and in the minefields of Korea, are summoned to help beat back the guerilla forces of Ho Chi Minh. To some, the 'secret' war in Indochina was the depth of folly. To others, like the majors, it pointed to the heights of glory.
2) The Colonels
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They were the professionals, the men who had been toughened by combat in the mine-laden fields of Europe, in Korea, in Greece, in Indochina. Now, in the twilight of a dying decade, they must return to the United States to forge a new type of American soldier, one to be tested on the beaches of Cuba and in a new war yet to come.
4) Special ops
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In November 1964, Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara went to the Congo with two hundred men, intent on making it his first step in taking over Africa and South America. He failed, thanks in large part to the efforts of an intrepid band of Green Berets. But who was really trying to kill him, and who was trying to keep him alive?
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