SOG Kontum

Top Secret Missions in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, 1968–1969

AvJoe Parnar,Robert Dumont

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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"....[a] powerful sense of sacrifice permeates the book and makes it profound and unique—especially when one considers the void of secrecy in which SOG existed." —Vietnam Magazine_x000D__x000D_The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) was a highly classified, multi-service United States Special Forces unit which conducted covert unconventional warfare operations prior to and during the Vietnam War. The unit conducted strategic reconnaissance missions in South Vietnam, North Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia; carried out the capture of enemy prisoners, rescued downed pilots, and conducted rescue operations to retrieve allied prisoners of war throughout Southeast Asia; and conducted clandestine agent team activities and psychological operations.This book tells the story of the Teams operating out of FOB2 Kontum, near the tri-border area, in 1968–69. From recon missions over the fence to the heroic, and sometimes fatal efforts undertaken to try and rescue missing SOG members, the events are told through the words of the men themselves, supported by previously unreleased official documents.

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Utgivningsdatum:2025-07-31
Mått:152 x 229 x 24 mm
Vikt:360 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:Casemate Publishers
ISBN:9781636245355

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Joe Parnar served in the U.S. Army Special Forces from August 1966 - April 1969. After military service he became involved in several veterans' organizations. He is a lifelong member of the American Legion and served as Commander of Gardner Post 129 in 1989 and 1990. He is a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, Vietnam Veterans of America, and the Special Forces and Special Operations associations. Robert Dumont was born in Oklahoma in 1947 and graduated from Tulsa University before moving to Brooklyn, NY. He worked in the General Research Division of The New York Public Library before retiring in 2010. He co-authored Bac Si: A Green Beret Medic’s War in Vietnam (Casemate 2014) with Jerry Krizan and has also written two fiction collections, "Borough of Churches" and "NYC Transit[s]."

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Road Mining Mission with Tony LoveKedenburg LossTony Love - Bob BarnesDuffield - RT HawaiiHunt and Love - WolfkeilGrommett - Tho woundedBryant Bright LightDennis Mack Ghost HeloSOG SLAM VII w/Jaeger commentsLast Days SOG SLAM VIIRussian HeloScherdin-Jerson Loss- Huey Crash with RT-VermontInsertion Attempt RT-IowaHP Recon in Force Goulet-Cadenbach; Insert RT-NMInsert HP - Hill 1152Attack on FOB - March 2Loss of RipantiOperation NightcapAttack on 'Yard campOperation Spindown