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 ...

In May 1967, US special operators and Vietnamese troops went behind enemy lines to take out North Vietnam's top general. The mission led by the secretive MACV-SOG quickly went wrong, and US forces ...

UH-1P helicopters from the US Air Force's 20th Special Operations Squadron fly into Cambodia in 1970US Air Force/Capt. Billie D Tedford US special-operations forces played a central role in the ...

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 ...

** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** MACV-SOG - the Vietnam War's ...

As the US's involvement in Vietnam steadily grew with more conventional troops, so did its secret war. To counter the Viet Cong's guerrilla campaign, supported by the North Vietnamese army (NVA), ...

US special-operations forces played a central role in the Vietnam War. The Pentagon even created a covert special-ops unit, MACV-SOG, to conduct cross-border operations. MACV-SOG teams were highly ...

Fifty-four years ago, a group of American and indigenous commandos fought for their very lives in a small, far away valley in one of the boldest special-operations missions of the Vietnam War.