There was no parade. No press release. Beckwith took the first 50 operators to a hangar at Fort Bragg, pointed to a map, and said: "This is our target list. Start training."
established the unit on , at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, alongside Colonel Thomas Henry . The Founder: " Chargin' Charlie" Beckwith Charles Beckwith who founded delta force
was a career Army officer with a reputation for being both indomitable and visionary. There was no parade
He returned to the U.S. obsessed. He watched as America fumbled through Vietnam, launching massive search-and-destroy missions while the enemy melted away. He saw the disaster at Operation Eagle Claw (1980) coming years before it happened. pointed to a map
