Colt Terry

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Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Curtis “Colt” Terry, (February 8, 1929 – September 15, 2005) was one of the original Green Berets – one of the original instructors of Army Special Forces. He died on September 15, 2005, from pancreatic cancer.[1]

After forging his birth certificate to enlist at 16 in 1945,[1] Terry served two tours in combat in Korea, one behind enemy lines, and three tours in combat in Vietnam. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on September 26, 1945, as a private. He retired in August 1970 as a Lieutenant colonel and during his time in service he spent more than 23 years as a Green Beret instructor. He earned a Purple Heart, and two Bronze Stars. [2]

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