Are you democrat worshipers now saying that JFK "invented" the Army Special Forces?
“Are you democrat worshipers now saying that JFK “invented” the Army Special Forces?”
In the form that that we presently know US Army Special Forces, absolutely. Kennedy increased the numbers, jacked up the funding and did it specifically for counter insurgency and training other country’s military. More specifically, he did if for Vietnam.
...”Forrest Lindley, a writer for the newspaper Stars and Stripes who served with Special Forces in Vietnam said of Kennedy’s authorization: “It was President Kennedy who was responsible for the rebuilding of the Special Forces and giving us back our Green Beret. People were sneaking around wearing [them] when conventional forces weren’t in the area and it was sort of a cat and mouse game. Then Kennedy authorized the Green Beret as a mark of distinction, everybody had to scramble around to find berets that were really green. We were bringing them down from Canada. Some were handmade, with the dye coming out in the rain”.[31]
“Special Forces have a special bond with Kennedy, going back to his funeral. At the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of JFK’s death, General Michael D. Healy, the last commander of Special Forces in Vietnam, spoke at Arlington Cemetery. Later, a wreath in the form of the Green Beret would be placed on the grave, continuing a tradition that began the day of his funeral when a sergeant in charge of a detail of Special Forces men guarding the grave placed his beret on the coffin—
As to your Democrat worshiper comment, I’ll just advise you to go back some cookies, sweetie.