Category Archives: Vietnam War

From Richard H. Dick James 55 years ago, 13 May 1967, I was the Staff Sergeant Demolition Sergeant on Detachment A-422 (Vinh Gia), 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), in the western Mekong Delta (IV Corps) of South Vietnam, 2,000 meters from the Cambodian border. I was on my 6-month voluntary extension in Vietnam. The MobileContinue reading “OPERATION BLACKJACK 41C”

I thought I would show this to you guys before I sent it off. A bring back PAVN ( NVA) flag capture from a Vietnam vet. The owner of SOGsite is helping the 5th Special Forces Group at Ft Cambell put together a SOG display at their museum and I am donating it along withContinue reading “Captured PAVN Flag”

April 3, 1975, in the final, chaotic days of the Vietnam War, US President Gerald Ford ordered an urgent mission of mercy called “Operation Babylift”. Its goal: to rescue Vietnamese orphans from the chaos of the war and take them to the US. The mission got off to a tragic start: In the initial flight,Continue reading “OPERATION BABYLIFT: THE DOOMED FLIGHT OF A C-5A GALAXY TRANSPORTING VIETNAMESE ORPHANS, APRIL 4, 1975”

You never know what turned up in the Vietnam war. In this case the Vz58. I have to wonder how they kept the users supplied with a rifle that could not use the same mags as the Tye56/AK47. I asked the members of the SOG group if any of them recall seeing one and noneContinue reading “The Vz58 In Vietnam”

In the last months of the Vietnam war, virtually all US support to the Republic of South Vietnam had been vindictively cut and PAVN forces from the north seemed to be ready to roll over the southern country in an unstoppable wave. All commentators and military experts predicted there would be little resistance. They hadContinue reading “18th Division RVN”

From VietnamWarHistoryOrg Jay-Bo Willie Casper was a canine “member” of the Casper aviation platoon (part of the 173rd airborne division) and served the longest “Tour of Duty” In Vietnam. Jay-Bo Willie Casper was born in 1966 in Bien Hoa. He was found at approximately 6 weeks old and immediately became a Casper he was knownContinue reading “Jay-bo”

56 years ago today, January 26th 1966, Operation Masher kicked off. There actually seems to be some debate as to the start of the operation, sources citing the 24th, 26th and 28th as the true beginning. Lasting until March 6th, it was a large scale search and destroy mission involving the US 1st Cavalry Division,Continue reading “Operation Masher”

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”