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What War Teaches Us—If We Survive It
Retired U.S. Army major and urban-warfare expert John Spencer on America’s war with Iran, and the lessons he learned from his own brushes with death.
People think retired Army major John Spencer lost part of his ear in combat. He didn’t; he lost it in a fight behind a bar that cost him his spot in the Army Rangers. Spencer went on to serve repeatedly in combat and become one of the country’s leading experts on urban warfare. He joins Aaron MacLean to discuss his origin story and other anecdotes from …
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