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!Gen. [=LeTrong=] [=Le Trong=] Giap
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* [[spoiler:KarmaHoudiniWarranty]]: [[spoiler: While they never answer for their crimes in the court of law, most of the team meet their ends in a violent manner many years later. [=LaChance=] apparently [[KilledOffscreen apparently]] [[BoomHeadshot got his head blown off by a sniper during a mercenary gig]], [[ComicBook/ThePunisherPresentsBarracuda Fifty ended up cornered and killed by Chris Angelone and his men]] and Barracuda? [[ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX Eventually had his self-image imploded and was beaten and killed by Frank Castle in 2007.]] Downplayed, since the circumstances of their deaths had nothing to do with their crimes in Nicaragua.]]
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His first appearance shows him disciplining some lazy VNA soldiers for sleeping on watch and then greeting Fury and co. with cool respect, establishing him as a SergeantRock and professional soldier. His WhamLine at the end of the issue also reveals him to be an unrepentant Nazi war criminal.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His first appearance shows him disciplining some lazy VNA soldiers for sleeping on watch and then greeting Fury and co. with cool respect, establishing followed by him giving him [[BrutalHonesty a grounded and honest opinion of their tactical situation.]] This establishes him as a SergeantRock and professional soldier. His WhamLine at the end of the issue also reveals him to be an unrepentant Nazi war criminal.
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* [[spoiler:KarmaHoudiniWarranty]]: [[spoiler: While they never answer for their crimes in the court of law, most of the team meet their ends in a violent manner many years later. [=LaChance=] apparently [[BoomHeadshot got his head blown off by a sniper during a mercenary gig]], [[ComicBook/ThePunisherPresentsBarracuda Fifty ended up cornered and killed by Chris Angelone and his men]] and Barracuda? [[ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX Eventually had his self-image imploded and was beaten to death and killed by Frank Castle in 2007.]] Downplayed, since the circumstances of their deaths had nothing to do with their crimes in Nicaragua.]]
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* [[spoiler:KarmaHoudiniWarranty]]: [[spoiler: While they never answer for their crimes in the court of law, most of the team meet their ends in a violent manner many years later. [=LaChance=] apparently [[BoomHeadshot got his head blown off by a sniper during a mercenary gig]], [[ComicBook/ThePunisherPresentsBarracuda Fifty ended up cornered and killed by Chris Angelone and his men]] and Barracuda? [[ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX Eventually had his self-image imploded and was beaten to death and killed by Frank Castle in 2007.]] Downplayed, since the circumstances of their deaths had nothing to do with their crimes in Nicaragua.]]
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His first appearance shows him disciplining some lazy VNA soldiers for sleeping on watch and then greeting Fury and co. with cool respect, establishing him as a SergeantRock and ConsumateProfessional soldier. His WhamLine at the end of the issue also reveals him to be an unrepentant Nazi war criminal.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His first appearance shows him disciplining some lazy VNA soldiers for sleeping on watch and then greeting Fury and co. with cool respect, establishing him as a SergeantRock and ConsumateProfessional professional soldier. His WhamLine at the end of the issue also reveals him to be an unrepentant Nazi war criminal.
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* WorthyOpponent: He considers US Airborne troops to have been good soldiers and worthy adversaries.
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* WorthyOpponent: He considers US Airborne troops to have been good soldiers and worthy adversaries.
adversaries, in contrast to the rest of the US Army.
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* WorthyOpponent: He considers US Airborne troops to have been good soldiers and worthy adversaries.
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* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Once he drops his disguise as a VNA grunt at Son Chau, he swaps from broken pidgin to fluent, eloquent English.
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An ambitious congressman whom Fury first meets in Saigon in 1954. From the start it's clear that the senator has his fingers in a a lot of pies, and that he has very few scruples as to what he's willing to involve himself with.
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An ambitious congressman whom Fury first meets in Saigon in 1954. From the start it's clear that the senator has his fingers in a a lot of pies, and that he has very few scruples as to what he's willing to involve himself with.
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* WeaponOfChoice: Favors a M1 Thompson SMG in the '50s and '60s before modernizing to an AKS in the '70s and '80s.
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* WeaponOfChoice: Consistently uses an M3 "Grease Gun" SMG during the operation.
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* WeaponOfChoice: Shows a marked preference for the M14 over the more modern M16 rifle, and goes out of his way to retrieve his M40 sniper rifle after it's captured by the NVA.
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* WeaponOfChoice: All of them prefer AK-pattern rifles. Historically a lot of Special Forces used Kalashnikov rifles over American-made M16 patterns due to their simplicity and ease of acquiring ammunition in the field.
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* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: 'Cuda and his A-Team are the ultimate deconstrruction and fuck you to this trope. While he and his crew are Green Berets with all the skill and lethality that entails, at the end of the day all that training only makes them more effective in their depravity, showing just how destructive special forces can be if given carte blanche.
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* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: 'Cuda and his A-Team are the ultimate deconstrruction deconstruction and fuck you to this trope. While he and his crew are Green Berets with all the skill and lethality that entails, at the end of the day all that training only makes them more effective in their depravity, showing just how destructive special forces can be if given carte blanche.
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* ObligatoryWarcrimeScene: Their [[spoiler:massacre of the Nicaraguan village]] is arguably the most horrifying moment of an already-bleak series. The sheer level of depravity is hard to describe, to the point them strewing severed limbs through the trees is one of the ''least'' terrible things they did.
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* BadassMustache: Has a very French pencil mustache which nonetheless looks equally suave and badass.
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* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: 'Cuda and his A-Team are the ultimate inversion and fuck you to this trope. While he and his crew are Green Berets with all the skill and lethality that entails, at the end of the day all that training only makes them more effective in their depravity, showing just how destructive special forces can be if given carte blanche.
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* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: 'Cuda and his A-Team are the ultimate inversion deconstrruction and fuck you to this trope. While he and his crew are Green Berets with all the skill and lethality that entails, at the end of the day all that training only makes them more effective in their depravity, showing just how destructive special forces can be if given carte blanche.
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[[folder: The A-Team]]
!Fifty, Danby, [=LaChance=]
An A-Team of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Special_Forces Army Special Forces]] stationed in Honduras ostensibly to train the Contras against the Sandinista government. However, from the start it's clear that these men are unconventional soldiers in more ways than one. All tropes here relate to their appearance to My War Gone By, see {{Comicbook/The Punisher MAX}} for other tropes related to Fifty and Danby.
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* CommunicationsOfficer: [=LaChance=] mans the team's radio, and is the one who relays Fury's initial appearance as well as the fact he followed the team into the jungle.
* EvilGenius: While [[spoiler:Barracuda]] is the true brains of the outfit, Fifty serves as their main tactical unit and is also the one to [[spoiler:forge Costanzo's suicide note]].
* FatBastard: Danby is surprisingly pudgy for a Green Beret.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: [=LaChance=]is a chain smoker and [[spoiler:participates in massacring Nicaraguan villages]].
* ObligatoryWarcrimeScene: Their [[spoiler:massacre of the Nicaraguan village]] is arguably the most horrifying moment of an already-bleak series. The sheer level of depravity is hard to describe, to the point them strewing severed limbs through the trees is one of the ''least'' terrible things they did.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Danby is a vocal white supremacist, to the point of trying to lecture his black ''commanding officer'' about how white people are superior.
* SouthernFriedPrivate: Both Danby and [=LaChance=] are southerners, although only Danby really fits any of the stereotypes.
* SunglassesAtNight: Danby is never seen without his aviator shades, even in the middle of the night in the thick jungle.
* WeaponOfChoice: All of them prefer AK-pattern rifles. Historically a lot of Special Forces used Kalashnikov rifles over American-made M16 patterns due to their simplicity and ease of acquiring ammunition in the field.
[[folder: The A-Team]]
!Fifty, Danby, [=LaChance=]
An A-Team of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Special_Forces Army Special Forces]] stationed in Honduras ostensibly to train the Contras against the Sandinista government. However, from the start it's clear that these men are unconventional soldiers in more ways than one. All tropes here relate to their appearance to My War Gone By, see {{Comicbook/The Punisher MAX}} for other tropes related to Fifty and Danby.
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* CommunicationsOfficer: [=LaChance=] mans the team's radio, and is the one who relays Fury's initial appearance as well as the fact he followed the team into the jungle.
* EvilGenius: While [[spoiler:Barracuda]] is the true brains of the outfit, Fifty serves as their main tactical unit and is also the one to [[spoiler:forge Costanzo's suicide note]].
* FatBastard: Danby is surprisingly pudgy for a Green Beret.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: [=LaChance=]is a chain smoker and [[spoiler:participates in massacring Nicaraguan villages]].
* ObligatoryWarcrimeScene: Their [[spoiler:massacre of the Nicaraguan village]] is arguably the most horrifying moment of an already-bleak series. The sheer level of depravity is hard to describe, to the point them strewing severed limbs through the trees is one of the ''least'' terrible things they did.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Danby is a vocal white supremacist, to the point of trying to lecture his black ''commanding officer'' about how white people are superior.
* SouthernFriedPrivate: Both Danby and [=LaChance=] are southerners, although only Danby really fits any of the stereotypes.
* SunglassesAtNight: Danby is never seen without his aviator shades, even in the middle of the night in the thick jungle.
* WeaponOfChoice: All of them prefer AK-pattern rifles. Historically a lot of Special Forces used Kalashnikov rifles over American-made M16 patterns due to their simplicity and ease of acquiring ammunition in the field.
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* BloodKnight: A deeply tragic example. He thrives off bloodshed and warfare, but it ultimately leaves him empty and alone in the end.
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!Introduced in 1984, Nicaragua Arc
[[folder: [[spoiler:Barracuda]]]]
!Sgt Maj. "Barracuda"
Everyone's favorite invincible psychopath, currently at the start of his long, bloody career. Even before he went up against The Punisher, 'Cuda was already a singularly terrifying menace against humanity. All tropes here are solely for his appearance in My War Gone By, see {{Comicbook/The Punisher MAX}} for all other tropes.
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* AlmightyJanitor: Is a Sergeant-Major, but openly orders around his A-Team and the Contras they train even though he nominally has two ranking officers over him. This is part of what leads Fury to suspect the extreme corruption of 'Cuda and his crew.
* BloodKnight: Actually downplayed compared to other appearances, Barracuda knows better than to pick a fight with Fury and instead goes out of his way to subvert the latter rather than oppose him outright. That said, when it comes to killing, he very obviously takes extreme relish in it.
* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: 'Cuda and his A-Team are the ultimate inversion and fuck you to this trope. While he and his crew are Green Berets with all the skill and lethality that entails, at the end of the day all that training only makes them more effective in their depravity, showing just how destructive special forces can be if given carte blanche.
* FauxAffablyEvil: The "Barracuda Charm" comes in full force in his first attempt to throw Fury off his trail. The colonel sees through it instantly but has to acknowledge that 'Cuda is dangerously smart and charismatic.
* GeniusBruiser: Like every other appearance 'Cuda is 7 feet tall and 300 pounds of muscle, he also [[spoiler:single-handedly manages American narcotrafficking in Central America]] with such skill and planning that he renders ''Nick Fury'' utterly helpless to stop him.
* KnowsAGuyWhoKnowsAGuy: Exploits this to [[spoiler:keep American narcotrafficking going]], tangentially involving so many politically-connected people that any attempt to stop him will bring ruinous political fallout, thus shielding himself from any prosecution.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Barracuda is all he's ever known by, even to his A-Team and Fury.
* WouldHurtAChild: 'Cuda is more than willing to [[spoiler:rip open a pregnant woman and stomp on her unborn child]], if only to underscore what a ''fucking monster'' he is.
!Introduced in 1984, Nicaragua Arc
[[folder: [[spoiler:Barracuda]]]]
!Sgt Maj. "Barracuda"
Everyone's favorite invincible psychopath, currently at the start of his long, bloody career. Even before he went up against The Punisher, 'Cuda was already a singularly terrifying menace against humanity. All tropes here are solely for his appearance in My War Gone By, see {{Comicbook/The Punisher MAX}} for all other tropes.
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* AlmightyJanitor: Is a Sergeant-Major, but openly orders around his A-Team and the Contras they train even though he nominally has two ranking officers over him. This is part of what leads Fury to suspect the extreme corruption of 'Cuda and his crew.
* BloodKnight: Actually downplayed compared to other appearances, Barracuda knows better than to pick a fight with Fury and instead goes out of his way to subvert the latter rather than oppose him outright. That said, when it comes to killing, he very obviously takes extreme relish in it.
* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: 'Cuda and his A-Team are the ultimate inversion and fuck you to this trope. While he and his crew are Green Berets with all the skill and lethality that entails, at the end of the day all that training only makes them more effective in their depravity, showing just how destructive special forces can be if given carte blanche.
* FauxAffablyEvil: The "Barracuda Charm" comes in full force in his first attempt to throw Fury off his trail. The colonel sees through it instantly but has to acknowledge that 'Cuda is dangerously smart and charismatic.
* GeniusBruiser: Like every other appearance 'Cuda is 7 feet tall and 300 pounds of muscle, he also [[spoiler:single-handedly manages American narcotrafficking in Central America]] with such skill and planning that he renders ''Nick Fury'' utterly helpless to stop him.
* KnowsAGuyWhoKnowsAGuy: Exploits this to [[spoiler:keep American narcotrafficking going]], tangentially involving so many politically-connected people that any attempt to stop him will bring ruinous political fallout, thus shielding himself from any prosecution.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Barracuda is all he's ever known by, even to his A-Team and Fury.
* WouldHurtAChild: 'Cuda is more than willing to [[spoiler:rip open a pregnant woman and stomp on her unborn child]], if only to underscore what a ''fucking monster'' he is.
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* ActionDad: By the time he steps away from field action during the Vietnam war, he's had five children.
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* DontCallMeSir: Asks that people call him Pug, though they seldom do.
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* OfficerAndAGentleman: Brave and dignified, even having the respect of Captain Giap.
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* FireForgedFriends: A distinctly one-sided version with Hatherly. The two get into a fight, started by Hatherly, and disparages him in [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain crass terms]], but after a night of heavy fighting where Hatherly acquits himself well, he expresses his respect.
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* CripplingCastration: The Cubans stab him downstairs before tossing him into shark-infested waters. It is part of the reason he decides he can't go back home to his wife.
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** Their ultimate fate, possibly. They're killed in an apparent mugging, though the implication is someone discreetly punished them, or silenced them.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He drops a couple homophobic slurs at distant Cuban exile prisoners in his first appearance.
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* MsFanservice: In-universe and out, she's a beautiful and buxom woman who enjoys showing her body off, and arguably ages gracefully. {{Deconstructed}} as she's aware how her beauty can endanger her, and is treated like shit by Pug who abandons her as soon as she gets too old for him.
