Category Archives: Armed Conflicts Worldwide
SOG Vet Ken Bird Talks About M14 “Toe Popper” Mine
Ken-On a Hatchet team mission I witnessed two indig step on the M14 not a pretty sight. Believe me after that rest of us were concerned where we walked in that area. The mines were assumed to be planted by previous Recon team or enemy placed them from captured equipment earlier. Me-how big of aContinue reading “SOG Vet Ken Bird Talks About M14 “Toe Popper” Mine”
The Korean War 020 – American Disaster at Unsan! – November 5, 1950
Radio Relay Site Outpost Hickory
One of the guys in the SOG group shared this photo he has restored of the SOG radio relay site. Hickory was over run and in the process, the actions of SOG Green Beret, John Cavaiani earned the Medal of Honor. Jon Robert Cavaiani (August 2, 1943 – July 29, 2014) was a United States Army soldier andContinue reading “Radio Relay Site Outpost Hickory”
The Korean War 019 – The Chinese Threat Revealed! – October 29, 1950
The Korea War 018 – The Fall of Pyongyang – October 22, 1950
The Korean War 017 – The Americans invade North Korea! – October 15, 1950
The 551st PIB in the Maritime Alps
After Operation Dragoon, between September and late November 1944, the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion was moved to the Maritime Alps to secure the right or eastern flank of the 7th Army. The former jungle experts of Panama conducted alpine and ski patrols against German opposition on a 35-mile front in the mountains of France. ToContinue reading “The 551st PIB in the Maritime Alps”
Scattered Shots 