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Former Army Lt. Col. John Stockton

Former Army Lt. Col. John Stockton, commander of 1st Squadron, 9th Air Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), speaks at Fort Benning, Ga., Sept. 9, 2015. Actor Robert Duvall borrowed from Stockton's real-life Vietnam experiences in 1965 in the 1979 film "Apocalypse Now." Duvall played Army Lt. Col. William "Bill" Kilgore, the fictitious commander of that squadron.

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