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My father was a 1-0 on Recon Team Viper out of CCN in 67-68 and back again in 70.My Dad was and still is my hero.We went to many reunions at Ft Bragg and all his surviving team members(there were only a few)said he was the gutsiest team leader they ever had.He was quiet as the breeze at home and I grew up never hearing about anything in Vietnam until I told him at 14 that I was going to follow in his footsteps.He then told me everything I needed to know about being a SF soldier and things I would need to know to be a good guerrilla warfare expert-all things I’d learn at JOTC were half of what my Dad taught me.I spent 15 years with A/1/5 of the 5th SF Grp and I survived in large part because of what my Dad taught me.

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Have some relatives in the ROCA ARB101 who often say that "nung mercenaries" were ethnic chinese ROCA or even NRA veterans drawn from the more elite units. Would you know anything about this?

Sure enough Dawsons War is a very good book , sometimes humorous , Lt. Dawson had a funny way of looking at the every day snafus that the Army life heaps on to a soldier, the book will keep you on the edge of your seat. Yes even reading about these brothers in arms, you get close to them. The soldiers fought bravely the general officers and politicians lost that war at the cost of many brave men. I enjoyed the book, I was sad that it ended when I got to the last page of the final chapter. Good podcast segment.

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Great events! Great soldiers!

I was in nam mash lady. I have. A lot respect and love for my brothers God bless them all.and thank you ❤❤❤♥️

There were just way too many McNumara Morons allowed in to sabotage US troops in Vietnam. These morons seemed to rub off on many others that were at first considered of basic intelligence.

Waiting for mine

The Kingdom of Laos, its sad that the brother of the King wanted to over thrown his King Brother and sided with the Communist Pathet Lao... My Ancestors, Montagnards - im Hmong and I love my roots. Im still learning about my Hmong Heritage everyday. My People with no written language, no country, no flag living our lives off the land. Thank You

Good men. Shitty LBJ

Google ..P O W Vietnam ..Steve Leopold...Survivor

Makes Rambo look like a cartton character

Every Legion hall I have ever be in had a Jane Fonda urnal target.

This story is entirely true. I know because one year later I was John's assistant team leader on Recon Team Illinois. Someone suggested the photo of John was doctored. Totally untrue. I know because I took that photo while we were aboard a Huey en route to Dak To for Bright Light duty. John was an incredible hero, worthy of at least the Distinguished Service Cross. He received the Silver Star. Only last week (July 2024) I spoke at John's internment at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery and retold this story to his friends and family -- he had never told them. I always thought he deserved the Medal of Honor. John internalized his thoughts of that mission and seldom said anything about it. He was that kind of guy. Many years later, with lots of of persuasion, I finally got him to tell the story for my book, "SOG: The Secret Wars of Americas Commandos in Vietnam" I CANNOT THANK DAWSON ENOUGH FOR THIS VIDEO. GOD BLESS YOU AND JOHN ALLEN.

Did SOG have support from the 25th infantry division?

Got a dozen plus men killed and multiple aircraft shot down to pull one guy out

Love finding these military story channels. Add it to the sub list

I lost interest when you put US Presidents in the wrong order…!!!

My step uncle SSgt Gary Crone . At the time of his death, he was serving with Special Forces at FOB 3, Khe Sanh, RVN, as a member of a team under the late MSG Bill Wood. On a mission to Hill 471, vicinity of Khe San, his team was ambushed, and SSG Crone was KIA. His remains were not recovered until after the Siege, in early April 1968. May his memory be eternal. ☦️

When I think about being outnumbered I think about 2:1, 3:1 etc and how hard that would be to survive. 100:1 or worse seems like no one could have survived. Thank you for your service sir.

Does anyone know who I could get in touch with to find out what “missions” my grandpa took part in Laos? We found out things during his funeral that were never discussed. I’m talking black ops espionage shit. We have photos from Laos labeled “training with special forces”. There are many others, but the story behind them is unreal. Papaw served 20 years, fought all over during WW2, and then in the Korean War. He was set to retire, and they called him back with a promise of money. So, he needed up serving 20 years and some change. Any help would be appreciated.

Be careful who you call a coward unless you've on the deck up to your ass in NVA.

Never look over the berm.

Amazing. Truly the sole survivor. Great courage extreme fortitude. God bless all of the veterans.

I've never heard of a Huey pilot refuse to pick up troops in Nam no matter how hot the LZ. Must of been a one in a million coward . I hope he still has nightmares.

Brother 101 Airborne, Silver Star, Bronze Star,two Purple Hearts 77 now still love you

My uncle turned 18 in Da-Dang in 69 as a U.S. Marine, Vietnamese Go-Go girls giving blow jobs for grenades? That's black market right?

Westmoreland! Political general.

Geez….a nightmare I can’t even begin to imagine. But, what a Giant Shit Show. The entire war!

Thank you all for your service and sacrifice.

I like your videos and have great respect for SOG, but lately you look worse than Joe B. reading the telepromptor, YOU DONT NEED IT.

Did you run into any Canadian combat Engineers assigned to macvsog ?

I was there in 67 and I’m learning a lot from these videos 4th , ARMY, 400 hill-range..BRAVO

I wish they would make more movies or even a SOG series on like Netflix or HBO

Man. What a story. American heroes.

Thank you for this history. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SIR. MAY THE LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOU ALWAYS.

My father was also a sole survivor, of MACV-SOG’s Recon Team Georgia in Laos (7/12/1967). KIA/MIA Robert J. Sullivan and Samuel Almendariz.

Another good video.

You should make it an audio book

Could you do an expanded video on this topic? Or just NVA tactics in general? This is the most in depth video on NVA anywhere on TH-cam

Only about 500 men ran recon with SOG, but everybody’s dad in the comments here were SOG. Lol ok.

That was pure hell.....not for sissies! Reminds me of our special forces in the SADF (Reccies) reconnicence, my brother in law was sent into Angola on sabotage missions behind enemy lines ,he regailed me on some horrid things, which i would rather not repeat here, on one day hd shot and killed an East German advisor and his wife, they came out of a bungalo and surprised one another,so before they could act, he moved them down!

Thank you much for your exemplary service

The information ref early M16 issues is pure BS. As is saying that the system was too "complex".

I Miss 'Nam.

True American heroes.The best of the best.

My brother was a lpne survivor in vietnam wher hecwas a marine on the DMZ his whole platoon got wiped put but him he had to throw a dead marine over him so that the nva couldnt fine him it took him 4 days tell a marine unit found him pretty incr dable.

John Allen's photo is doctored. The cigarette is added to the photo.

We used and then abandoned the Montangards