Tag: Vietnam

The men of MACV-SOG experienced double engine failure over the mountains of Laos and narrowly survived a crash-landing.

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!’”

“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.”

China’s apparent military aggression and propaganda campaign is not for the world, it is for the Chinese people. From the recent media storm of reports one is guided to believe that China is poised to execute a devastating invasion of the United States within the internet friendly time of five minutes and fifty two seconds. That […]

Every aviator and Green Beret interviewed agreed: Removing those 11 words from the original award insulted the men killed during SOG missions.

Richard O. Sutton’s novel “Operation White Star” is so full of character, action, insights into SF history, and suspense, it’s an absolute delight.

Read the SOFREP exclusive report on the attack that took place at a top-secret MACV-SOG compound in Da Nang, which killed 17 Special Forces soldiers.

The NVA continued to fire at the old war bird. Finally, the pilot got the lift he needed to climb out of the mountains and out of the A Shau Valley.

The newly formed Department of Defense MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) is already receiving positive reviews.

A recovery team from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has been searching for the remains of the Americans of RT Intruder, killed in action in Vietnam.

Glen Oliver Lane and the fate of his small recon team still haunt me to this day. We never met. Our paths crossed only momentarily 47 years ago in Vietnam.

Sorry we forgot to post this one over the long weekend.  Worth remembering just the same.