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Retired Special Forces officer Plaster tells the story of the study and observation group, or SOG, that, during the Vietnam War, controlled Special Forces cross-border reconnaissance missions, "black" propaganda (i.e., propaganda whose source is concealed), and the infiltration of agents into North Vietnam. SOG-Vietnam members suffered casualties exceeding 100 percent (i.e., the same persons were wounded more than once), won seven Medals of Honor and countless other decorations, and did a heroic share of the work of mobilizing and training the Montagnards; the group may well have been, overall, the single most effective unit of its size in the American war effort. Plaster has used his own experiences, the experiences of a virtual who's who of other special-ops veterans, and extensive published sources to cover everything from how to booby-trap a pornographic poster to the tactics of a firefight deep in Laos and without hope of air support. Some of the achievements he limns would be rejected by the editors of action-filled war novels, but it is time that they--and the men, living and dead, who performed them--are properly chronicled. An indispensable addition for Vietnam and special-warfare collections. Roland Green
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A heavily anecdotal recounting of the covert, behind-enemy- lines operations undertaken by American special forces during the height of the war in Vietnam. Retired US Army Maj. Plaster served for three years as a Studies and Observation Group (SOG) commando in Southeast Asia. His book is a combat-heavy, laudatory accounting of the SOG's little- known role in the Vietnam War. From 1964 to 1971, SOG teams, made up of specially trained American volunteers (mainly Green Berets) and South Vietnamese hill tribesmen (known as Montagnards), took part in hundreds of combat, reconnaissance, and rescue missions in North and South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Plaster tells this story with a minimal amount of historical background, relying heavily on detailed recreation of individual SOG missions. Those action-filled accounts are based on the author's personal war-zone experiences and on interviews he conducted with dozens of former SOG operatives. Plaster writes about successful and failed missions, but accentuates the positive in assessing SOG's impact on the war. SOG ``logged a combat record unequaled in U.S. history,'' Plaster claims. He cites the number of medals the SOG units earned; the vast amount of North Vietnamese Army (NVA) arms and materiel the teams captured or destroyed; the valuable information they provided on NVA troop locations and movements; the courageous rescues of downed American pilots; and the large number of NVA soldiers killed by the teams and by American bombers using information provided by SOG. The teams' ratio of 150:1 enemy kills, Plaster says, ``was the highest documented kill ratio of any American unit in the war, exceeding the average by a factor of ten, and quite likely is the highest such ratio in U.S. history.'' Although short on documentation, this is the most comprehensive examination of widespread covert American actions during the Vietnam War. (Military Book Club main selection) -- Copyright ©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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After buying a few paperbacks accounts of the Vietnam War, with subjects ranging from the USMC Snipers, US Navy SEALS, or even the Green Berets in the Blackjack operations, I was very disappointed in the fact that able storytellers are few and hard to come by. Imagine my pleasant surprise when I picked up this book -- expecting it to be the usual cheezy Vietnam War account -- and finding it to be SO MUCH MORE. I am sure that most firearm and military buffs know about John Plaster. I am also sure that most people didn't know that John Plaster was this good at writing a book and doing his research. This book is a very comprehensive collections of not only the tales of the soldiers who fought the secret war (which, in itself, was worth the money and more), BUT ALSO the histories, politics, little espionages...the list goes on and on. What this is NOT, it's NOT a lousy John Plaster Memoir just because he was there. If you've read a lot of lousy books on Vietnam War (bad authorship and all)(and most people give 5 stars to every book they read), I am guaranteeing that you'll be as happy as I was to have picked up this book. I would have gladly paid a lot more money for it.
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It has been over 30 years since I left CCN, SOG's northern arm in South Vietnam. This book, to whose veracity and authenticity I can attest, is more than a history book to those of us who participated in SOG. It is a well written, factual vehicle for transporting us back to that time. Memories become fuzzy with age, but this book helps focus them, with references to men, places, exploits. Thank you, Maj. Plaster.
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This book was very enlightening for me. I served in Vietnam for 24 months but had no idea we were operating this much recon in Laos and Cambodia. These were very brave men and my thanks go to the author for doing the research and bringing their stories to public attention after many years of relative obscurity. This story needed to be told!
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SOG: Sperating the Best from the Rest
I've heard of that codename "Phoenix Program" which had got something to do with US forces in Laos and Cambodia, I have been searching for a long time for a comprehensive... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 13. Juni 2000 von "a.macinnes@scotland.com"
Top of the Line
Brave men honoring their commitment to our country, sold out by our own Government.
Veröffentlicht am 9. April 2000 von John Carl Roat
Freedom has a meaning the protected will never know
This book put a piece of the puzzle in place that I have been dilegently seeking for the last fifteen years. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 27. Februar 2000 von "colokid"
Sog: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam
Maj Plaster, Your book was simply one of the greatest books I have ever read! I'm currently in the U. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 18. Februar 2000 von Rodney Lucas
Sog: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam
Maj Plaster, Your book was simply one of the greatest books I have ever read! I'm currently in the U. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 18. Februar 2000 von Rodney Lucas
SOG: The way it was
Having served in Vietnam, I had the honor of supporting a variety of "special teams". It is time for these stories of real heros to be told and John Plaster has done it. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 23. November 1999 veröffentlicht
Unbelievable courage on every page!
The acts of courage and self-sacrifice portrayed in this book make any work of fiction pall in comparison. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 9. Oktober 1999 veröffentlicht
Great book. Couldn't put it down
Anyone who wants to find out about the true "Heros" of the war read this book. This book give you the other side that the News Media couldn't and wouldn't give us. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 19. September 1999 von golfhoser@aol.com
Don't buy manuals. Buy this book.
An amazing book. You don't need any SF field manuals...it's all here
Am 27. Juli 1999 veröffentlicht
And You Thought the Navy SEALs were the best.
Actually, Navy SEALs are undoubtedly the best. But unfortunately, they were underused in Vietnam because their existance as a guerilla warefare unit was still relatively short at... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 10. Juni 1999 von dr_seuss@lajollashores.com
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