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SOG
A Photo History Of The Secret Wars
by John Plaster
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SOG: A Photo History Of The Secret Wars
January 2000, Paladin Press
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SOG: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam
July 1, 1998, Onyx
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Book Details
First Sentence
"When CIA Station Chief William Colby arrived in Saigon in 1960, the French had been gone barely five years, the same number of years as had passed since a Geneva Convention had split Indochina into a communist north and noncommunist south."
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
PART ONE. THE SECRET WAR BEGINS
Chapter 1. Colby's Covert War
Table. CIA Agent Team Insertions in North Vietnam (February 1961 – December 1963)
Chapter 2. Switching Back—SOG Is Born
Vignette. Get out of Jail Free Card
Vignette. SOG’s Amazing Nasty Boats
Chapter 3. Shining Brass
Vignette. Lost Legend: Larry Thorne
PART TWO. THE HO CHI MINH TRAIL
Chapter 4. Unfolding the Mysteries of the Trail
Vignette. NVA Haven: Laotians No-Bomb Lines
Vignette. Project Igloo White
Vignette. Arc Light on the Falls
PART THREE. SOG's AIR ARM
Chapter 5. Blackbirds and Night Skies
Vignette. The Fulton Sky Hook System
Vignette. The Missing Stray Goose
Chapter 6. Special Helicopters and Special Crews
Vignette. Lt. Jim Fleming, Medal of Honor
Vignette. Pony Express: The 21st SOS
Vignette. Mustachio [Nguyen Van Hoang] and Cowboy
Table. U.S. Helicopter Units that Flew for SOG
Vignette. A Jolly Green’s Medal of Honor [Gerald O. Young]
Chapter 7. FACs and Fighters
Vignette. The Awesome C-130 Spectre
Vignette. SOG FAC Aircraft
Vignette. Lost Covey Riders
PART FOUR. RECON WEAPONS, MISSIONS, AND TACTICS
Chapter 8. Recon Equipment and Weapons
Vignette. In Praise of the CAR-15
Vignette. The CAR-15 vs. the AK
Vignette. Recon Man’s Basic Gear
Vignette. Passive Signaling
Vignette. A Chief SOG Gunfighter [John Singlaub]
Vignette. SOG’s Silver Pistol
Vignette. SOG’s Amazing Rocket Pistol [Gyrojet]
Vignette. SOG’s Preferred Combat Knives
Chapter 9. Recon Missions
Vignette. SOG’s First Medal of Honor [George “Ken” Sisler]
Vignette. Dick Meadows: Snatcher Extraordinaire
Vignette. The Ashtray Missions
Vignette. Ralph Rodd’s Prisoner Snatch
Chapter 10. NVA Counterrecon Forces and Tactics
Vignette. Killers of Americans
Vignette. The Pathet Lao
Vignette. Listeners and Moles
Vignette. Chief SOG Cavanaugh and NVA Counterrecon
Chapter 11. Recon Tactics and Techniques
Vignette. Immediate Action Drills
Vignette. Diversions
Vignette. Desperate Men
Vignette. Perfect Jungle Camouflage
Vignette. Escaping Enemy Pursuers
PART FIVE. RECON OPERATIONS
Chapter 12. Getting Teams In and Out
Vignette. Song of the Nightingale [diversion device]
Vignette. Playing Ball
Vignette. String Extractions
Vignette. Gunship Pilots
Chapter 13. HALO: The Ultimate Infiltration Technique
Vignette. The Missing Jumper [Madison Strohlein]
Vignette. Static-Line Jumps
Vignette. Chief SOG John “Skip” Sadler
Vignette. HALO Team Weapons
Chapter 14. The Recon Ethic
Vignette. “Hey, Blue” [song]
Table. Lost Recon Teams
Vignette. No Greater Love: John Kedenburg
Vignette. Bravest of the Brave: Bob Howard
Vignette. Special Forces’ Longest Running Gag
Vignette. Above and Beyond: Fred Zabitosky
Vignette. The Indefatigable Billy Waugh
Chapter 15. Into Cambodia
Vignette. Mad Dog Shriver – The Man and the Myth [COSVN raid]
Vignette. Roy Benavidez, One-Man Bright Light Team
Vignette. Franklin “Doug” Miller – One-Man Assault Force
Vignette. The Green Beret Murder Case
Vignette. The Press Exposes SOG
Vignette. Babysan Davidson
PART SIX. SOG'S HATCHET FORCES
Chapter 16. Hatchet Force Operations
Vignette. The Ordeal of Charles Wilklow
Vignette. Lost Hatchet Force Commanders
Chapter 17. Operation Tailwind
Vignette. Hatchet Force Men on Operation Tailwind
Vignette. The Tailwind Affair
Vignette. Tailwind’s Gallant Medic [Gary “Mike” Rose]
PART SEVEN. OTHER FRONTS IN THE SECRET WARS
Chapter 18. Bright Light Rescues
Vignette. One Bright Light [RT Montana, Dennis Neal]
Vignette. SOG’s Longest Bright Light
Vignette. The Tragedy of Sebastian Deluca
Vignette. SOG’s Combat Recon Platoons
Vignette. Tom Norris and the Rescue of Bat-21
Chapter 19. The Greatest Raid of All [Son Tay raid]
Vignette. Mock-Ups and Models
Vignette. Special Weapons at Son Tay
Vignette. “Such Magnificent Men”
Chapter 20. SOG in the Defense
Vignette. John Cavaiani Fights for Hickory
Vignette. The Last Stand of RT Kansas
Vignette. SOG Support to Lam Son 719
Chapter 21. SOG's Darkest Programs
Vignette. STRATA Teams
Vignette. Treacherous Traitor: Agent François
Afterword.
Vignette. SOG Distinguished Service Cross Recipients
Glossary.
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