SOG the secret wars of America's commandos in Vietnam

Main Author: Plaster, John L.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Onyx, 1998, c1997.
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Item Description: Originally published: New York, N.Y. : Simon & Schuster, c1997.
Physical Description: 383 p. : ill., maps ; 18 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 366-370) and index.
ISBN: 0451195086 (pbk.) :
Author Notes: Major John L. Plaster is a national authority on sniping, firearms, and special operations, as well as the author of Secret Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines With the Elite Warriors of SOG and SOG: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam . He served three tours in the top-secret unconventional warfare group, Studies and Observations Group, in Vietnam. As a long-range reconnaissance leader, he led tiny intelligence-gathering teams behind enemy lines in Laos and Cambodia before leaving SOG in late 1971. He was decorated for heroism four times and retired from the U.S. Army as a major.