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#85 - Mark Ciccone - Jungle Warfare (Archive Edition)
Episode 8515th February 2023 • Built Not Born • Joe Ciccarone
00:00:00 01:17:27

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Mark Ciccone is a Vietnam veteran, where he served a 12-month combat tour as an officer in the US Army Rangers and led infantry units through heavy jungle combat.

Mark shares remarkable stories of the Tet Offensive, walking point in the jungle and what it was like the day President Kennedy was assassinated.

Mark shares how he and a friend to started Surfer Supplies, the first surfing supply store on the East Coast and how he became the owner of the helicopter service for radio & TV stations in the 1990's.

Mark became the personal pilot for the then owner of the Philadelphia Eagles Leonard Toes and has flown the likes of President Gerald Ford, Phil Collins, Mick Jagger, Donald Sutherland and Tina Turner. 

Mentioned In this Episode:

Facebook: Mark Ciccone

Mark's Army Unit in Vietnam: US Army 9th Division

TV Show: Dirty, Sexy, Money Trailer

Blog Post: Seth Godin on "Buzzer Management"

"Life is Built, Not Born."

Joe Ciccarone

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