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A Special Compass

While over Brady’s the other day he gave me this US Military compass. The reason it’s special is that it’s the compass Brady carried in Vietnam and brought home with him. Carried while a 5th SF Group member for 8 months then when he was reassigned to the 199th infantry brigade LRRP team for theContinue reading “A Special Compass”

SOG Knife Collector Book

I’m not a knife collector, but I bought this book because I am a bit of an amateur SOG historian and I like to accumulate as much info on their gear as I can. It’s full of excellent photos, mainly about the famous SOG knife itself with some of the other CISO made knives usedContinue reading “SOG Knife Collector Book”

Some Special Old Boots

This pair of boots are pretty special. For one thing, they are genuine issued jungle boots. They were worn in combat for over a year in Vietnam by a Green Beret. This is the pair of boots my friend Brady wore and brought back. He is the kind of guy who never throws anything away.Continue reading “Some Special Old Boots”

Adelbert F. “Bert” Waldron III

I ran across this picture of Waldron last night, and it got me thinking about the man and how it is strange that the sniper who served in Vietnam and ended with the highest number of confirmed kills is almost unknown. Certainly unknown to the public and likely unknown to most of the shooting/gun worldContinue reading “Adelbert F. “Bert” Waldron III”

Japanese destroyer under attack by B-25 bombers

Japanese destroyer escort under air attack from US B-25s off the coast of Indochina, bodies of her crew and ship wreckage litter the deck and water, 13 April 1945

Marine Lance Corporal Dalton Gunderson checking the area for Viet Cong snipers during Operation Virginia in 1966

I see this photo constantly misattributed as showing Carlos Hathcock. So here is the National Archives’ card for the photo:

The Effect Of Cluster Munition On Cars & Concrete

SOGCast 001: Blown Off Jungle Boots: w/ George “The Troll” Sternberg

AS of a few days ago, the SOG-CAST has started uploading the video recorded version up to youtube. This is true “must watch” TV.

Today In History: The 7th ID Reaches The Yalu River

71 years ago today on November 21st 1950, the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry, occupied Hyesanjin, and the banks of the Yalu River. This would be the farthest north US units would make it during the Korean War. Technically the farthest north of any UN unit was the ROK Capital Division, but due to the angleContinue reading “Today In History: The 7th ID Reaches The Yalu River”

Paratroops vs. Tanks, 1945

From our pal , Kevin O’Brien The little-studied and nearly forgotten last airborne operation of World War II, Operation Varsity, eventuated along the Rhine River on March 24, 1945. The participants had no way of knowing it, but they were six weeks from V-E Day and the end of the War in Europe. That endContinue reading “Paratroops vs. Tanks, 1945”