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Death of a Colonel | Two Days in October

On October 17, Lieutenant Colonel Terry Allen, commander of the Black Lions special unit, led his men into the jungle of Vietnam, looking for engagement with the Viet Cong. An ambush nearly wiped out the battalion, prompting some in power to question whether the war might be unwinnable.

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