Medal of Honor: The Remarkable Tale of Captain Gary M. Rose in Vietnam and Beyond
Captain Gary M. Rose: From battlefield heroism in Vietnam to a life of post-military service, his story defines true American valor.
Operation Tailwind
Operation Tailwind: The Special Forces-led assault force launches
The deeper B Company Green Berets and their Montagnards headed into Laos, the more they diverted the NVA forces attacking the CIA’s Operation Catapult.
Operation Tailwind: Special Forces operators aid CIA op deep inside Laos
Thus the stage was set for the launching of Operation Tailwind on Sept. 11, 1970, after several weather delays and rocket attacks at the Dak To launch site.
CNN aided Iraq, besmirched Green Berets 20 years ago
Twenty years ago on June 7, CNN aired a new a story entitled “Valley of Death,” which twisted one of the most heroic missions during the eight-year war during the Vietnam War into an erroneous story. The claims alleged that 16 Green Berets and 120 indigenous troops on that top-secret mission deep inside Laos had […]
Book Review: SOG Chronicles by John Stryker Meyer
This is the most horrendous combat story I have ever read. Just to put that in contest I have read about 1500 of them, in the course of editing around 200 and writing seven. I have heard but not read two that rival it, either on the phone or leaning on a bar. I mention […]
SOG Medic to receive MoH Oct. 23rd
President Donald J. Trump will award Vietnam-era Green Beret medic Gary Mike Rose the Medal of Honor on Oct. 23 at the White House for valor stemming from a historic, top-secret mission in Laos during the secret war dubbed Operation Tailwind, the White House announced today. 47 years ago, on September 14, 1970, 16 Green […]
Accusations against CNN for fake news are nothing new
The recent serious allegations of CNN broadcasting fake news aren’t new for the Atlanta-based cable network. On June 7, 1998, in an effort to compete with CBS’s popular 60 Minutes program, CNN launched a new program called NewsStand. It aired a story entitled “Valley of Death,” which alleged that 16 Green Berets and 120 indigenous troops […]
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.
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.”
