LCCN 00698035 ; OCLC 44584774 ; ISBN 1581600585 ; 9781581600582 ; LC DS558.92 .P549 200 Dewey 959.704/342 ; black boards in color photographic dustjacket ; Contents: Part One The Secret War Begins -- Chapter 1 - Colby's Covert War -- Chapter 2 - Switching Back -- Sog Is Born Chapter 3 - Shining Brass Part Two The Ho Chi Minh Trail Chapter 4 - Unfolding The Mysteries Of The Trail Part Three Sog's Air Arm -- Chapter 5 - Blackbirds And Night Skies -- Chapter 6 - Special Helicopters And Special Crews -- Chapter 7 - Facs And Fighters Part Four Recon Weapons, Missions, And Tactics -- Chapter 8 - Recon Equipment And Weapons -- Chapter 9 - Recon Missions -- Chapter 10 - Nva Counterrecon Forces And Tactics -- Chapter 11 - Recon Tactics And Techniques Part Five Recon Operations -- Chapter 12 - Getting Teams In And Out -- Chapter 13 - Halo: The Ultimate Infiltration Technique -- Chapter 14 - The Recon Ethic -- Chapter 15 - Into Cambodia Part Six Sog's Hatchet Forces -- Chapter 16 - Hatchet Force Operations -- Chapter 17 - Operation Tailwind Part Seven -- Other Fronts In The Secret Wars -- Chapter 18 - Bright Light Rescues -- Chapter 19 - The Greatest Raid Of All -- Chapter 20 - Sog In The Defense -- Chapter 21 - Sog's Darkest Programs ; The classic illustrated history of the special ops unit-"an unprecedented look into this little-known aspect of the Vietnam conflict" (American Rifleman). In 1972 the U.S. military destroyed all known photos of the top-secret Studies and Observations Group, with the intention that details could never be made public. But unknown to those in charge, SOG veterans had brought back with them hundreds of photographs of SOG in action and would keep them secret for more than three decades. In this new edition of SOG: A Photo History, more than 700 irreplaceable photos bring to life the stories of SOG legends Larry Thorne, Bob Howard, Dick Meadows, George Sisler, "Q" and others, and document what really happened deep inside enemy territory: Operation Tailwind, the Son Tay raid, SOG's defense of Khe Sanh, Hatchet Force operations, Bright Light rescues, HALO insertions, string extractions, SOG's darkest programs, and much more. ; FINE/FINE.

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Title: SOG: A Photo History of the Secret Wars [Secret War Begins- Colby's Covert War- Switching Back- Sog Is Born- Shining Brass Part Two Ho Chi Minh Trail - Unfolding Mysteries Of The Trail- Sog's Air Arm - Blackbirds & Night Skies - Special Helicopters & Special Crews - Facs & Fighters- Recon Weapons, Missions, & Tactics - Recon Equipment & Weapons - Recon Missions - NVA Counterrecon Forces & Tactics - Recon Tactics & Techniques - Recon Operations - Getting Teams In & Out - Halo: -Ultimate ...
Publisher: Boulder, Colo. : Paladin Press, c2000.
Publication Date: 2000
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1581600585
ISBN 13: 9781581600582
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Book Type: Book

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This is the companion photo history to SOG: The Secret Wars of American's Commandos in Vietnam. In 1972 the U.S. military took steps to ensure that such a book could never be printed by destroying all the known photos that existed of the top-secret Studies and Observations Group. But unknown to those in charge, SOG veterans brought back with them hundreds of photographs of SOG in action and kept them secret for more than three decades. More than 700 irreplaceable photos bring to life the stories of SOG legends Larry Thorne, Bob Howard, Dick Meadows, George Sisler, "Q" and others, and documents what really happened deep inside enemy territory: Operation Tailwind, the Son Tay raid, SOG's defense of Khe Sanh, Hatchet Force operations, Bright Light rescues, HALO insertions, string extractions, SOG's darkest programs and much more.

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John L. Plaster served three tours in the top-secret unconventional warfare group, Studies and Observations Group, in Vietnam. As a long-range reconnaissance leader, he led tiny intelligence-gathering teams behind enemy lines in Laos and Cambodia before leaving SOG in late 1971. He was decorated for heroism four times and retired from the U.S. Army as a major.

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