Book- SOG - A Photo History of the Secret Wars- Hardcover

456 pages!

A new edition of this classic illustrated history of the operations and operatives of MACV-SOG in the Vietnam War.

In 1972 the U.S. military destroyed all known photos of the top-secret Studies and Observations Group, with the intention that details could never be made public.

But unknown to those in charge, SOG veterans had brought back with them hundreds of photographs of SOG in action and would keep them secret for more than three decades.

In this new edition of SOG: A Photo History, more than 700 irreplaceable photos bring to life the stories of SOG legends Larry Thorne, Bob Howard, Dick Meadows, George Sisler, "Q" and others, and document what really happened deep inside enemy territory: Operation Tailwind, the Son Tay raid, SOG's defense of Khe Sanh, Hatchet Force operations, Bright Light rescues, HALO insertions, string extractions, SOG's darkest programs and much more.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: THE SECRET WAR BEGINS

Chapter 1: Colby’s Covert War

Chapter 2: Switching Back—SOG Is Born

Chapter 3: Shining Brass

PART TWO: THE HO CHI MINH TRAIL

Chapter 4: Unfolding the Mysteries of the Trail

PART THREE: SOG’s AIR ARM

Chapter 5: Blackbirds and Night Skies

Chapter 6: Special Helicopters and Special Crews

Chapter 7: FACs and Fighters

PART FOUR: RECON WEAPONS, MISSIONS, AND TACTICS

Chapter 8: Recon Equipment and Weapons

Chapter 9: Recon Missions

Chapter 10: NVA Counter-recon Forces and Tactics

Chapter 11: Recon Tactics and Techniques

PART FIVE: RECON OPERATIONS

Chapter 12: Getting Teams In and Out

Chapter 13: HALO: The Ultimate Infiltration Technique

Chapter 14: The Recon Ethic

Chapter 15: Into Cambodia

PART SIX: SOG’S HATCHET FORCES

Chapter 16: Hatchet Force Operations

Chapter 17: Operation Tailwind

PART SEVEN: OTHER FRONTS IN THE SECRET WARS

Chapter 18: Bright Light Rescues

Chapter 19: The Greatest Raid of All

Chapter 20: SOG in the Defense

Chapter 21: SOG’s Darkest Programs

Afterword

Glossary

456 pages.