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In this episode, you'll meet Joe Garbarino, CEO of Marin Sanitation, a massive garbage and recycling business in San Rafael California. Joe's true passion is his collection of military vehicles. And one of his pride and joys is the M-24 Chaffee.

Fast, dependable, armed with an excellent 75 mm gun, some historians say this was the best light tank of World War 2.

Every year on July 4th, Joe and his team join a local July 4th parade. But this year, somewhere inside its massive hull, the M-24 has sprung a leak - and the leak might keep it out of the parade.

This episode also tells the story of the epic vicious battle of Dien Bien Phu. In 1953, the French army disassembled 10 Chaffee and flew them into the jungles of North Vietnam to fight the Viet Mihn. The French would lose the battle and their empire in Indochina.