The man who served with Finland, Nazi Germany, and U.S. Special Forces (Pt.2)
Military legend Larry Thorne served in the Finnish military, German military, and U.S. Special Forces.
MACV-SOG
Spike Team Idaho’s Tale of Courage on Christmas Day, 1968
It’s been almost 10 years since I last had that dream of Team Idaho’s experiences that day, but every Christmas, nightmares or not, I always take a moment to think of Captain Tuong’s courage.
Operation Tailwind (Pt. 6): Attempting to Escape From Laos, Second Chopper Crashes
The men of MACV-SOG experienced double engine failure over the mountains of Laos and narrowly survived a crash-landing.
Operation Tailwind (Pt. 5): NVA, Weather Force SOG Secret Mission Into Survival Mode
McCarley was on the radio with Covey. “He said, ‘You have to get out of there now! There’s hundreds and hundreds of NVA coming after you! Now!’”
Operation Tailwind (Pt. 4): As NVA Hordes Close in, SOG Pulls an Intel Coup
Operation Tailwind had rocked the NVA brass into rallying hordes of North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao troops.
Two WWII OSS Heroes and POW/MIA Director Attend Special Operations Association Reunion
The WWII OSS officers are two of the last six surviving OSS men.
NVA General to SOG: We Suffered 90 Percent Casualties (Pt. 2)
The NVA’s general’s response ensured ST Alabama’s place in SOG history: “It was a division. We had about 10,000 NVA soldiers there that day.”
Operation Tailwind (Pt. 3): Casualties Mount As SOG Men Press Attack on NVA
“Today, and even 45 years ago, my mind is blurry on the actual combat that occurred during Operation Tailwind. I can tell you there was a lot of it.”
NVA General to SOG: We Suffered 90 Percent Casualties (Pt. 1)
“Blackjack, Covey. What you’re up against is the NVA regiment you were sent to find, over.”
NVA to SOG Recon Team: “It’s Your Turn to Pull Guard Duty” (Pt. 2)
MACV-SOG’s RT Lion faces heavy NVA fire as they attempt to make their extraction.
NVA to Special Ops “SOG” Recon Team: “It’s Your Turn to Pull Guard Duty” (Pt. 1)
By June 1968, Staff Sergeant Pat Watkins had been running recon for over seven months and had seen some of the worst of what that could entail. In fact, the run of luck SOG had experienced from December 1967 to April 1968 had been about the cruelest he could imagine. Of the original 14 team […]
Government Bureaucrats Insult SOG Aviators
Every aviator and Green Beret interviewed agreed: Removing those 11 words from the original award insulted the men killed during SOG missions.
