Special Forces

The Making of Apocalypse Now

On: August 10, 2020

In: Commentary, Historical Perspective, Montagnards, Special Forces

By Mike Benge, POW, VVFH Founding Member The only similarity between Francis Ford Coppola’s film set-in South-East Asia and Joseph Conrad’s novel “Heart of Darkness” set in Africa is that both had rivers winding through them and both had major characters named Kurtz. And, oh yes, Coppola copied Conrad’s styleContinue Reading

Polling the Burns/Novick ‘The Vietnam War’ Documentary

By: blogadmin

On: September 25, 2017

In: 1965-1973 Combat Phase, Antiwar Activists, Atrocities, Bombing Campaigns, Historical Perspective, Myth vs. Fact, Phoenix Program, Pre-1965 Involvement, South Vietnamese, Special Forces, Strategic Hamlet Program, The Communists, The Lessons of War

SOG OP 35 and U.S. Army Special Forces in South Vietnam

By: blogadmin

On: October 8, 2015

In: Montagnards, Special Forces

James D. McLeroy SOG OP 35 In January, 1961 President Kennedy ordered the CIA to begin unconventional warfare (UW) operations against North Vietnam. Because of the Cuban invasion fiasco in April of that year, he ordered all CIA paramilitary and UW programs transferred to the Pentagon. In early 1964, theContinue Reading