In May 1967, US special operators and Vietnamese troops went behind enemy lines to take out North Vietnam's top general. The mission led by the secretive MACV-SOG quickly went wrong, and US forces ...
During the Vietnam War, US special operators conducted covert raids deep behind enemy lines. Their missions often took them close to disaster, including on Christmas Day in 1968. Visit Business ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. US Air Force Bell UH-1P helicopters from the 20th Special Operations Squadron fly into Cambodia in 1970. US Air Force/Capt. Billie ...
During the Vietnam War, the only homecoming reception many U.S.soldiers received was jeers and a shower of garbage thrown by warprotesters. There were no parades, no ceremonies for these GIs.Survivors ...
Since the last American soldier left South Vietnam in 1975, the history of Special Operations has become its own niche in the wider history of the war. If the reader is familiar with the genre, they ...
For almost 40 years, their story could not be told. Their Vietnam War missions were so secret that the U.S. top brass could not or would not talk about them -- until now. Thousands of American ...
Once all three men were seated around their usual outside table at Zaharias Restaurant, pints of beer in hand, Tom Waskovich started things rolling: “So, Speedy is getting out of the hospital Friday.” ...
The door gunner in a UH-1B Huey gunship fires on Vietcong positions during a search-and-destroy mission in the Mekong Delta, January 23, 1968.Bettmann/Getty Images US commandos fought a covert war in ...
Here’s What You Need to Remember: Some notable SOG missions include Operation Tailwind, a Hatchet Force operation in Thailand and one of the most successful missions in SOG’s history; the Thanksgiving ...
FORT BRAGG, N.C., - Today marks the 55th anniversary of the activation of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) in the Republic of Vietnam. The Military ...