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Old 05-16-2009, 07:57 AM
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Night Stalkers by Michael Durant. All about the history and some of the operations conducted by the US 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. I enjoyed reading this very much. Lots of good tie in information about other elite US units too (such as Delta and the ISA).

Delta Force by Colonel Charlie A Beckwith and Donald Knox. The history of 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta. Co-written by the unit's founder. A must read in my opinion. During the Vietnam War Charlie Beckwith was a Green Beret officer and was aboard a helicopter being inserted for a mission when he was shot through the abdomen with a 12.7mm round. When he was being triaged in a hospital the medics wrote him off as a gonner until he threatened them with violence if they didn't get him into an operating theatre. Went on to continue his miltary career in special forces. What an astonishingly tough bastard. Respect.
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