Vietnam war special forces stories

The Military Assistance Command — Studies and Observations Group, now better known as SOG, was one of those true dark-arts units that hid dangerous men with dangerous jobs behind a boring name. Captain William Albracht. Were MACV POWs released from Laos?

Donald Hirkey’s introduction to Southeast Asia almost years ago. The 65-year-old North Port man was a member of A-Company, 2nd-Battalion, 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment, part of “The Screaming Eagles ,” the 101st Airborne Division. In fairness to Sgt Smith, accused by some of betrayal, his story and perceptions are recounted in a Raider Publishing book entitled “Faithful Devotion,” by Smith’s widow, Lisa M.

A dozen entire teams are still unaccounted for. Andrew deGrandpre and Tony Lombardo. While on maneuvers with the 11th Special Forces , his first sergeant walked into a tree limb.

THE LAST STAND OF RT KANSAS Night raid on Son Tay -To hell and back for naught. The group reported directly to the Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, and much of its history and exploits were concealed for years from the general public by a veil of secrecy and confidentiality. OP 35’s three recon companies. That year fifty-six U. Kennedy special warfare.

It was in his other life more than years ago.

He survived highly classified intelligence-gathering missions while serving in the ill-fated war. The need for Special Forces had never been greater. Mick was became listed as KIA.

The Marines, of course, shrugged the stories off as folklore. This task force, which included U. Special Forces operators, was charged with carrying out secretive, unconventional missions, many of which have never been written about or discussed in a public setting. Brown of La Habra was one of the commandos who died in the war in Laos.

Kedenburg was serving as a Specialist Five in the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces. Group—as it is sometime called—is designed to deploy and execute nine doctrinal missions: unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, direct action, counter-insurgency, special reconnaissance, counter-terrorism. Vietnam veterans work.

Clockwise, from top left: U. Of the nearly million Americans who served on active duty in the U. US Army Special Forces (Green Berets). We are very fortunate to have some distinguished veterans and authors contributing to our website, sharing some of their stories in this section. Stories From the War.

Caputo was a young U. Marine Corps lieutenant who landed on the beach near Da Nang on March. Dim, right, is a Montagnard who fought alongside U.

They were accompanied by units from allied nations such as Australia, New Zealand an most. Pryor of Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group was among a small number of commandos and special operations forces deployed to the remote. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), who are some of the most elite.

Authors Robin Moore and Michael Lennon team up in this exciting new novel to tell the “fictionalized” stories of the men who have risked it all for the U. Because of these exploits, he was honored by having a rifle named after him – the Springfield Armory MWhite Feather, so called for the nickname that NVA men gave him because he always. There I was at Chi Linh (A-333) and later Minh Thanh (A-332) strike force camps in III Corps. Hand Grenade” Brown’s trick — a skirmish erupts — Lt.