The book Horse Soldiers chronicles a ride these people took on horseback to organize movements by uncoordinated warlords.
In the 1980s, Edwin Wilson recruited an assortment of these people for the Gadda  regime, where they became a global hit squad against dissidents like Faisal Zagallai. During one battle, aerial bombardment from an AC-119 Shadow allowed seventeen of them to escape an assault on their camp by PT-76 tanks. The book Horse Soldiers chronicles a ride these people took on horseback to organize movements by uncoordinated warlords. Their namesake "a fair" dominated headlines when, to protect Project GAMMA, Robert Rheault ("Roe") ordered them to dump a doped-up informant into the sea in chains. They were known as "snake eaters" to their allies, the Montagnards, whom they trained to form Civil Irregular Defense Groups. A chart-topping "Ballad" by Barry Sadler and a propaganda  lm by John Wayne raised their pro le at home. For 10 points, name these counter-insurgency specialists sent as military advisers early in the Vietnam War, named for their distinctive headgear.
In the 1980s, Edwin Wilson recruited an assortment of these people for the Gadda  regime, where they became a global hit squad against dissidents like Faisal Zagallai.
Green Berets [or United States Army Special Forces; prompt on American soldiers]