As the US waged a conventional war in South Vietnam, a group of special operators carried out a secret war inside and outside the country. The Military Assistance Command Vietnam-Studies and ...

A Military Assistance Command, Vietnam-Studies and Observations Group, or MACV-SOG, veteran, listens to active service members with 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) as part of the MACV-SOG Heritage ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Some notable SOG missions include Operation Tailwind, a Hatchet Force operation in Thailand and one of the most successful missions in SOG’s history; the Thanksgiving ...

US commandos fought a covert war in the jungles of Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Their operations were supported by dedicated Air Force, Navy, and Army fixed-wing and helicopter units. Those ...

Military Assistance Command, Vietnam-Studies and Observations Group, or MACV-SOG, veterans and Vietnamese Montgard pose together during MACV-SOG heritage week, Fort Bragg N.C., Nov. 10, 2021. (Sgt.

Vietnam unfurled a massive celebration on Thursday to mark the 40th anniversary of the end of its long war with the United States. Thousands of soldiers, sailors, police, firefighters and students ...

For eight years during the Vietnam War, the United States' Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, Studies and Observations Group (or MACV-SOG) led strategic reconnaissance, direct action, sabotage, ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C., - Today marks the 55th anniversary of the activation of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) in the Republic of Vietnam. The Military ...

The most top-secret unit of the United States Army in the Vietnam War was established in January of 1964 and was called the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam - Studies and Observations Group, but ...

Key point: The practice of taking enemy weapons from the battlefield as trophies was hardly new in the 1960s. But captured weapons—especially AK variants—quickly became important parts of U.S. Army ...

US Air Force Bell UH-1P helicopters from the 20th Special Operations Squadron fly into Cambodia, around 1970. US Air Force/Capt. Billie D Tedford As the US waged a conventional war in South Vietnam, a ...