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Special Forces “Red Dawn” Training Film

Man, this one really drives home how serious the Cold War was back in the 1950’s! -Jack

A US Army Special Forces training film dealing with a fictional scenario where the USA becomes Balkanized into three smaller countries. The film concentrates on guerrilla warfare in a rural county in West Virginia. It has a feel somewhat similar to the popular movie “Red Dawn.”

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Man, this one really drives home how serious the Cold War was back in the 1950’s! -Jack

A US Army Special Forces training film dealing with a fictional scenario where the USA becomes Balkanized into three smaller countries. The film concentrates on guerrilla warfare in a rural county in West Virginia. It has a feel somewhat similar to the popular movie “Red Dawn.”

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Jack served as a Sniper and Team Leader in 3rd Ranger Battalion and as a Senior Weapons Sergeant on a Military Free Fall team in 5th Special Forces Group. Having left the military in 2010, he graduated from Columbia with a BA in political science. Murphy is the author of Reflexive Fire, Target Deck, Direct Action, and Gray Matter Splatter. His memoir, "Murphy's Law" is due for a 2019 release and can be pre-ordered now.

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