SOG
Subtitle: A Photo History Of The Secret Wars
Publisher: Paladin Press
Published: January 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9781581605976
Subjects: Military - Strategy; Military - United States; Military - Vietnam War; History / Military / Strategy; History - Military / War
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: label: Acknowledgements
pagenum: vii; label: Introduction
pagenum: 1; label: PART ONE
title: THE SECRET WAR BEGINS
pagenum: 5; label: Chapter 1
title: Colby's Covert War
pagenum: 7; label: Table
title: CIA Agent Team Insertions in North Vietnam (February 1961 – December 1963)
pagenum: 16; label: Chapter 2
title: Switching Back—SOG Is Born
pagenum: 17; label: Vignette
title: Get out of Jail Free Card
pagenum: 27; label: Vignette
title: SOG’s Amazing Nasty Boats
pagenum: 27; label: Chapter 3
title: Shining Brass
pagenum: 29; label: Vignette
title: Lost Legend: Larry Thorne
pagenum: 35; label: PART TWO
title: THE HO CHI MINH TRAIL
pagenum: 43; label: Chapter 4
title: Unfolding the Mysteries of the Trail
pagenum: 45; label: Vignette
title: NVA Haven: Laotians No-Bomb Lines
pagenum: 65; label: Vignette
title: Project Igloo White
pagenum: 66; label: Vignette
title: Arc Light on the Falls
pagenum: 67; label: PART THREE
title: SOG's AIR ARM
pagenum: 69; label: Chapter 5
title: Blackbirds and Night Skies
pagenum: 71; label: Vignette
title: The Fulton Sky Hook System
pagenum: 80; label: Vignette
title: The Missing Stray Goose
pagenum: 85; label: Chapter 6
title: Special Helicopters and Special Crews
pagenum: 87; label: Vignette
title: Lt. Jim Fleming, Medal of Honor
pagenum: 92; label: Vignette
title: Pony Express: The 21st SOS
pagenum: 104; label: Vignette
title: Mustachio [Nguyen Van Hoang] and Cowboy
pagenum: 105; label: Table
title: U.S. Helicopter Units that Flew for SOG
pagenum: 107; label: Vignette
title: A Jolly Green’s Medal of Honor [Gerald O. Young]
pagenum: 108; label: Chapter 7
title: FACs and Fighters
pagenum: 111; label: Vignette
title: The Awesome C-130 Spectre
pagenum: 131; label: Vignette
title: SOG FAC Aircraft
pagenum: 132; label: Vignette
title: Lost Covey Riders
pagenum: 134; label: PART FOUR
title: RECON WEAPONS, MISSIONS, AND TACTICS
pagenum: 135; label: Chapter 8
title: Recon Equipment and Weapons
pagenum: 137; label: Vignette
title: In Praise of the CAR-15
pagenum: 140; label: Vignette
title: The CAR-15 vs. the AK
pagenum: 141; label: Vignette
title: Recon Man’s Basic Gear
pagenum: 148; label: Vignette
title: Passive Signaling
pagenum: 158; label: Vignette
title: A Chief SOG Gunfighter [John Singlaub]
pagenum: 159; label: Vignette
title: SOG’s Silver Pistol
pagenum: 160; label: Vignette
title: SOG’s Amazing Rocket Pistol [Gyrojet]
pagenum: 161; label: Vignette
title: SOG’s Preferred Combat Knives
pagenum: 162; label: Chapter 9
title: Recon Missions
pagenum: 165; label: Vignette
title: SOG’s First Medal of Honor [George “Ken” Sisler]
pagenum: 173; label: Vignette
title: Dick Meadows: Snatcher Extraordinaire
pagenum: 183; label: Vignette
title: The Ashtray Missions
pagenum: 184; label: Vignette
title: Ralph Rodd’s Prisoner Snatch
pagenum: 186; label: Chapter 10
title: NVA Counterrecon Forces and Tactics
pagenum: 187; label: Vignette
title: Killers of Americans
pagenum: 194; label: Vignette
title: The Pathet Lao
pagenum: 195; label: Vignette
title: Listeners and Moles
pagenum: 196; label: Vignette
title: Chief SOG Cavanaugh and NVA Counterrecon
pagenum: 197; label: Chapter 11
title: Recon Tactics and Techniques
pagenum: 199; label: Vignette
title: Immediate Action Drills
pagenum: 202; label: Vignette
title: Diversions
pagenum: 208; label: Vignette
title: Desperate Men
pagenum: 209; label: Vignette
title: Perfect Jungle Camouflage
pagenum: 210; label: Vignette
title: Escaping Enemy Pursuers
pagenum: 211; label: PART FIVE
title: RECON OPERATIONS
pagenum: 213; label: Chapter 12
title: Getting Teams In and Out
pagenum: 215; label: Vignette
title: Song of the Nightingale [diversion device]
pagenum: 217; label: Vignette
title: Playing Ball
pagenum: 232; label: Vignette
title: String Extractions
pagenum: 233; label: Vignette
title: Gunship Pilots
pagenum: 242; label: Chapter 13
title: HALO: The Ultimate Infiltration Technique
pagenum: 245; label: Vignette
title: The Missing Jumper [Madison Strohlein]
pagenum: 255; label: Vignette
title: Static-Line Jumps
pagenum: 258; label: Vignette
title: Chief SOG John “Skip” Sadler
pagenum: 260; label: Vignette
title: HALO Team Weapons
pagenum: 261; label: Chapter 14
title: The Recon Ethic
pagenum: 263; label: Vignette
title: “Hey, Blue” [song]
pagenum: 267; label: Table
title: Lost Recon Teams
pagenum: 270; label: Vignette
title: No Greater Love: John Kedenburg
pagenum: 275; label: Vignette
title: Bravest of the Brave: Bob Howard
pagenum: 285; label: Vignette
title: Special Forces’ Longest Running Gag
pagenum: 292; label: Vignette
title: Above and Beyond: Fred Zabitosky
pagenum: 294; label: Vignette
title: The Indefatigable Billy Waugh
pagenum: 297; label: Chapter 15
title: Into Cambodia
pagenum: 301; label: Vignette
title: Mad Dog Shriver – The Man and the Myth [COSVN raid]
pagenum: 311; label: Vignette
title: Roy Benavidez, One-Man Bright Light Team
pagenum: 314; label: Vignette
title: Franklin “Doug” Miller – One-Man Assault Force
pagenum: 316; label: Vignette
title: The Green Beret Murder Case
pagenum: 318; label: Vignette
title: The Press Exposes SOG
pagenum: 320; label: Vignette
title: Babysan Davidson
pagenum: 321; label: PART SIX
title: SOG'S HATCHET FORCES
pagenum: 325; label: Chapter 16
title: Hatchet Force Operations
pagenum: 327; label: Vignette
title: The Ordeal of Charles Wilklow
pagenum: 330; label: Vignette
title: Lost Hatchet Force Commanders
pagenum: 352; label: Chapter 17
title: Operation Tailwind
pagenum: 353; label: Vignette
title: Hatchet Force Men on Operation Tailwind
pagenum: 366; label: Vignette
title: The Tailwind Affair
pagenum: 367; label: Vignette
title: Tailwind’s Gallant Medic [Gary “Mike” Rose]
pagenum: 368; label: PART SEVEN
title: OTHER FRONTS IN THE SECRET WARS
pagenum: 369; label: Chapter 18
title: Bright Light Rescues
pagenum: 371; label: Vignette
title: One Bright Light [RT Montana, Dennis Neal]
pagenum: 380; label: Vignette
title: SOG’s Longest Bright Light
pagenum: 384; label: Vignette
title: The Tragedy of Sebastian Deluca
pagenum: 386; label: Vignette
title: SOG’s Combat Recon Platoons
pagenum: 387; label: Vignette
title: Tom Norris and the Rescue of Bat-21
pagenum: 388; label: Chapter 19
title: The Greatest Raid of All [Son Tay raid]
pagenum: 391; label: Vignette
title: Mock-Ups and Models
pagenum: 399; label: Vignette
title: Special Weapons at Son Tay
pagenum: 403; label: Vignette
title: “Such Magnificent Men”
pagenum: 409; label: Chapter 20
title: SOG in the Defense
pagenum: 409; label: Vignette
title: John Cavaiani Fights for Hickory
pagenum: 430; label: Vignette
title: The Last Stand of RT Kansas
pagenum: 435; label: Vignette
title: SOG Support to Lam Son 719
pagenum: 440; label: Chapter 21
title: SOG's Darkest Programs
pagenum: 445; label: Vignette
title: STRATA Teams
pagenum: 461; label: Vignette
title: Treacherous Traitor: Agent François
pagenum: 463; label: Afterword
pagenum: 465; label: Vignette
title: SOG Distinguished Service Cross Recipients
pagenum: 467; label: Glossary
pagenum: 481