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Chris Hemsworth as Captain Mitch Nelson, U.S. Army Special Forces Officer and ODA 595's commander, inspired by Mark Nutsch. Michael Shannon as Chief Warrant Officer Hal Spencer, a U.S. Army Special Forces Chief Warrant Officer 5 and ODA 595's assistant team leader, inspired by Bob Pennington
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Jan 21, 2018 · Captain Mitch Nelson (played by Chris Hemsworth) refuses. “It’s your city, general. You raise your flag,” Nelson says. According to historian and author Doug Stanton, who spent five years...
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Jan 23, 2018 · True To Life. January 23, 2018. By Alicia M. Cohn. Star Chris Hemsworth got some guidance from the man he portrays in the movie 12 Strong (released Jan. 19). Hemsworth plays Capt. Mitch Nelson in the film about a team of Green Berets on a strategic mission in Afghanistan in the days immediately following 9/11.
The movie tells the hitherto little known story of a U.S. Army Special Forces unit sent on a dangerous mission into Afghanistan mere days after 9/11. The now declassified mission, code-name “ Task Force Dagger “, included joining forces with the loosely organized Northern Alliance to help take back certain provinces, as well as act as the ...
Hemsworth (famous for his rendition of Thor in the Avengers movies) intimately portrays Captain “Mitch Nelson” (based on the real Captain Mark Nutsch) head of the 12 man A-Team tasked with...
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May 7, 2018 · Published May 07, 2018. "12 Strong" tells real-life story of the Army Special Forces mission that was America's first military response in the wake of 9/11. The movie was a hit when it played...
Mitch Nelson, a US Army Captain with Green Berets Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 595, is moving into a new home with his wife and daughter on September 11, 2001, after receiving an assignment to staff duty under LTC Bowers. As news of the devastating terrorist attacks that day break, Nelson volunteers to lead 595 into Afghanistan.
