SOGCast: Untold Stories of MAC V SOG

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A raw, firsthand account of being selected for recon in MACV-SOG and sent straight into Cambodia at the height of the Secret War. Jim Dey details crossing the fence, brutal first missions, lost teammates, and what it meant to operate at the absolute edge of U.S. special operations during Vietnam.

Robert Sinton - Ran Missions with RT Florida based at CCN.

Inserted into an area no team could stay in, out of water, tracked by NVA, and still pushing the mission. Bob Sinton breaks down a full seven-day recon, how his Montagnard team kept him alive, and what it took to outthink the enemy in their backyard.

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Robert “Bru” Taylor ran SOG Recon missions from CCN, “just another day in SOG."

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Reinald Pope survived SOG missions by trying to be “invisible” when NVA hunted for his team.

Council Jordan “Pete” Armstrong Jr. went on unique assignments after a tour of duty with ST Idaho running SOG missions.

Air Force Covey Pilot Gary Green gives SOG mission perspective from flying over teams under enemy fire.

Alfonso “RT” Rivero served three years as Crew Chief with storied Air Force 20th Special Operations Squadron supporting SOG missions.

RT Idaho member John Trantanella on 2nd SOG Combat HALO jump into Laos

Randy Harrison, CCS SOG Recon Officer Survived Epic MOH Mission in Cambodia.

Did God speak to a bloodied “Dynamite” in firefight?

“Dynamite” Dick Thompson. digs into explosive, mind-bending SOG missions

Jason Hardy - SOG Demystified

SOGCast’s Top Secret Tom reveals role in helping allies flee Taliban after Afghanistan collapses.

Don Engebretsen - A-1 Skyraider pilot details close support to SOG recon teams including MOH recipient

Gene Pugh - Ran SOG Recon and survived Sapper Attack Aug. 23, 1968 that killed 16 Green Berets

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RIck Freeman - Went from flying Cobra gunships supporting SOG missions to flying fighter jets.

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A SOG Green Beret’s Stories of running missions across the fence

Dương Ngọc Như - After the Vietnam War, he spends years escaping communism in Vietnam.

Dương Ngọc Như - Heroic Kingbee pilot Saved SOG teams in Laos, Cambodia.

HL Serra - Naval intelligence officer in Cambodia knew SOG was compromised

Rick Estes - From SOG Recon mission to duty in Afghanistan with Special Forces

Jim Suber - Brother of SOG MIA Recon Green Beret’s Decades of Pain

Barry Pencek “Scarface” .Marine Aviator’s Story on Historic SOG Operation Tailwind Mission.

Bill Werther - Led mission for Ricardo’s Revenge, NVA pay severe price

SOGCast 034 - Dale Hanson 2 - Returns to SOG after losing finger, flies secret mission

Dale Hanson - Finger shot off, continues to fight in historic SOG mission

Cliff Newman: Survived first SOG HALO combat jump into Laos in the rain.

 In-Country Training Mission Turned Deadly Serious

Soldier of Fortune Magazine founder/publisher fighter of communism anywhere in the world: Green Beret Robert K. Brown

SOG Team Leader shut down the Ho Chi Minh Trail in SLAM Operation

Lynne M. Black Jr. - Perfected C-4 POW knockout explosive ambush - On himself first!!

Lynne M. Black Jr., 10,000 NVA soldiers tried to kill his 9-man SOG recon team

Roger Lockshier, “Saved SOG Souls” as 101st Gunship Crew Chief

Travis Mills, Shot 5 times, then ordered to pull guard duty!

Pat Watkins, Part 2: Earns DSC during Sapper attack that kills 16 Green Berets, 8/23/68.

Pat Watkins: Three SOG Recon tours of duty - in Oscar 8 target, NVA tells team to pull guard duty for NVA at night.

John F. Mullins, ran SOG Recon, Phoenix Program operator in PRU, action branch of successful, controversial program.

David Gordon, Breaks back on SOG mission, recovers to serve career in Army and as San Fran firefighters.

Rob Graham, CCS SOG Recon man who used bow and arrow on top secret Cambodian mission and POW snatch.

Doug Godshall, booted out of SF training, lands in Nam, runs SOG Recon including time with Eldon Bargewell

He survived the I Drang Valley, then ran SOG Recon at CCN

Frank Pulley: Was SOG One-Zero for RT Idaho and RT Louisiana during last years of SOG’s 8-year secret war.

Michael O’Byrne: SOG Recon/Military Intel officer served country through injuries/tough times.

Ron Owens: SOG operator had 50 plus years of service to our country, seldom in plain sight.

Mitch Utterback: Retired Green Beret links SOG’s History to WW II OSS Legends

Joe Parnar: Author/SOG Medic, fought the secret war from the air and on the ground.

Robert J. “Spider” Parks: Comanche SOG Legend Rebuilt ST Idaho/Served county 33 years

One week in SOG: As NVA Overrun team, he has Out-Of-Body moment.

After running top-secret SOG missions for three years, John L. Plaster went on to become an expert in Sniper skills/training and authored distinctive books non-fiction books about each profession.

Taylor ran SOG recon missions out of CCS and CCN, and flew as a Covey Rider in Air Force FACs for more than 18 months.

Gary Mike Rose - SOG Medal of Honor Recipient from life saving heroics during Operation Tailwind, as the only medic treating more than 50 wounded soldiers.

    Asked what he remembered about Operation Tailwind, Rose responded, “Not much, my field of vision focused on the wounded.” More than 50 percent of the 136 assigned to Operation Tailwind were wounded or killed.

    Rose received the MOH Aug. 23, 2017 at the White House from President Trump.

Don was a crew chief with the 195th Assault Helicopter Company that supported SOG Recon teams on missions across the fence. He brings a different perspective to the deadly secret war fought during the Vietnam War.

John E. Peters - Co-Author of On The Ground.

    Peters ran SOG recon on ST Rhode Island and as a strap-hanger, joining another team for one mission. On one day he could have died three times.

On Aug. 23, 1968, a sapper attack at FOB 4 killed 16 Green Berets in one night

    Larry with RT Rattler took out enemy mortar teams which prevented the body count from going higher. At one point, Larry was along on the mountain...

 Marcus served a year in SOG, went across the fence into Cambodia, went on to serve 30 years in the Army and today helps reservists obtain VA benefits.

We Few and Whispers in The Tall Grass - Two SOG books detailing missions across the fence in Laos.

    Headline: Three million plus Americans served in Vietnam, only 500-700 ran SOG missions across the fence. Nick was one of them.

SOG Recon team leader haunted by failed mission returns to crash site on his own money

    Twenty-five years later, he spent $35,000 of his money to personally return to the crash site, then things got ugly

The Troll and his team are tasked to recover and pull out SOG Recon team Idaho.