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Composed entirely of volunteers from such ace fighting units as the Army Green Berets, Air Force Air Commandos, and Navy SEALs, SOG took on the most dangerous covert assignments, in the deadliest and most forbidding theaters of operation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eSOG\u003c\/i\u003e, Major John L. Plaster, a three-tour SOG veteran, shares the gripping exploits of these true American warriors in a minute-by-minute, heartbeat-by-heartbeat account of the group's stunning operations behind enemy lines--penetrating heavily defended North Vietnamese military facilities, holding off mass enemy attacks, launching daring missions to rescue downed US pilots. Some of the most extraordinary true stories of honor and heroism in the history of the US military, from sabotage to espionage to hand-to-hand combat, Plaster's account is \"a detailed history of this little-known aspect of the Vietnam War...a worthy act of historical rescue from an unjustified, willed oblivion\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50117611520273,"sku":"CIN150118346XA","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50302583046417,"sku":"CIN150118346XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51030989308177,"sku":"NIN9781501183461","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51417215664401,"sku":"CIN150118346XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/150118346X.jpg?v=1750860233"},{"product_id":"secret-commandos-book-john-l-plaster-9780684856735","title":"Secret Commandos","description":"\u003cb\u003eMajor John L. Plaster recalls his remarkable covert activities \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eas a member of a special operations team during the Vietnam War in a comprehensive, informative, and often exciting.account of an important part of the overall Vietnam tragedy (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore there were Navy SEALs, there was SOG. Short for Studies and Operations Group, it was a secret operations force in Vietnam, the most highly decorated unit in the war. Although their chief mission was disrupting the main North Vietnamese supply route into South Vietnam, SOG commandos also rescued downed helicopter pilots and fellow soldiers, and infiltrated deep into Laos and Cambodia to identify bombing targets, conduct ambushes, mine roads, and capture North Vietnamese soldiers for intelligence purposes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlways outnumbered, they matched wits in the most dangerous environments with an unrelenting foe that hunted them with trackers and dogs. Ten entire teams disappeared and another fourteen were annihilated. This is the dramatic, page-turning true story of that team's dedication, sacrifice, and constant fight for survival. 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One thing for sure, you will want to read this book.\" Vietnam veteran, 173rd Airborne Brigade  \"It's a book that any aspiring future Special Forces troop should read.\" Major General Jack Singlaub, (ret), U.S. Army Special Forces, CIA and OSS  During the Vietnam War, the Special Forces men of the top-secret Studies and Observations Group ran covert operations deep behind enemy lines - along the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos, into the enemy’s secret Cambodian sanctuaries, even striking into the heartland of North Vietnam. In 1972 the U.S. military destroying 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 brought back with them hundreds of photographs of SOG in action and kept them secret for more than three decades. 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