Read the exclusive account of what kinds of gear sog recon teams carried. Military assistance command, vietnam studies and observations group macvsog was a highly classified, multiservice united states special operations unit which conducted covert unconventional warfare operations prior to and during the vietnam war. The quantities are limited so order your copy today. Macvsog team members, the best jungle fighters the u. This unit was part of macvsog military assistance command vietnam. Army reserve and completed his career in staff and command assignments with special operations and training commands. Sog team history and insignia of a clandestine army. See more ideas about vietnam war, special forces and vietnam war photos. Us macvsog reconnaissance team in vietnam warrior book 159. Command and control north ccn at da nang, commanded by a lieutenant. The casualty rates for sog recon teams were the highest for any unit in vietnam. This is a photo of ccn taken from the western perimeter facing east toward.
In 1970, on his second tour to vietnam, nick brokhausen served in recon team habu, ccn. The secret wars of americas commandos in vietnam john l. Plaster is a national authority on sniping, firearms, and special operations, as well as the author of secret commandos. Thus, each of us was given ample opportunity for the truth of this observation to be. Army and air force helicopter transport and gunship crews who lived and fought together and sometimes died together. Macvsogmilitary assistance command, vietnamspecial operations. Established on 24 january 1964, the unit conducted strategic reconnaissance missions in the republic of vietnam, the democratic republic of vietnam, laos, and cambodia. Military assistance command, vietnam studies and observations. Green beret sog ccn august 23, 1968 vietnam documentary. Us navy fa18c hornet east demo team helmet cam thunder over michigan 2010 duration.
Raymond harris service was unlike that of any other veteran interviewed for this series. This unit was part of macvsog military assistance command vietnam studies and observations group, or studies and. This book endlessly recounts the wanton thievery that special forces men. Weapons of vietnam s covert warriors, appeared originally in the april 2015 issue of american rifleman.
Credit khe sanh veterans website taken in 1968 by bob donoghue and featured in john plasters book sog a photo of the secret wars, p 410 marble mountainccn by larry greene hml 367th marine ah1g gunships returning from a mission, flying over marble mountain with sogs command and control norths ccn and the north vietnamese prisoner of war camp in view. He served three tours in the topsecret unconventional warfare group, studies and observations group, in vietnam. Behind enemy lines with the elite warriors of sog and sog. Team history and insignia of a clandestine army, volume 2 is complete. This book tells the history of command and control detachment south ccs. This book focuses on the history of seven sog recon teams from ccn command. The guns and gear carried by special ops sog recon teams. He served as a special forces officer in vietnam in 1966, as an ateam executive officer, and, in 1969, as a raider company commander for ccn, macv sog. Special forces in vietnam and millions of other books are available. On his second tour to vietnam, nick brokhausen served in recon team habu, ccn. See more ideas about vietnam war, special forces and south vietnam. By august 1968, sogs secret war had been going on for four years.
This book is a fitting tribute to these unsung heroes of the vietnam war. The dust jacketed, hard cover book is 345 pages of color and black and white photographs that breaks down rt florida ccn. Plaster served three oneyear tours with macvsog, and his book sog. Sog had three identical recon ground units along the border areas. See more ideas about special forces, vietnam war and vietnam. The ccs volunteer warriors and its air partners the.