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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 959.70438
EAN num: 9780451214478
ISBN number: 0451214471
Label: NAL Trade
Manufacturer: NAL Trade
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 384
Printing Date: April 05, 2005
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SOG was a secret operations force in Vietnam, the forerunner of today's Delta Force and Navy SEALs. Exceptionally skilled Green Berets, they were the most highly decorated unit in the war. Always outnumbered-often by as much as 100 to 1-SOG commandos 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.
In Secret Commandos, John Plaster tells of his own remarkable covert activities in SOG from 1969 to 1971, as well as those of dozens of his comrades, vividly describing these unique warriors who gave everything fighting for their country-and for each other.
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Vietnam is one of the most misunderstood wars in our history. Retired Major John L, Plaster takes you into the heart of what this war was about, from a military point of view and from the individual perspective of those courageous men who fought against tremendous odds. This is a chapter of the Vietnam war that few citizens even know about. These men gave it all for their brotherhood and for that sense of honor, a word that few people really understand. Major Plaster defines that word and gives us facts about the management and prosecution of that war and gives one a window into what might have happened had the people in this conflict adopted different tactics. If you want a story that will inform you and keep you turning the pages, this is that book. You might have heard of the name MACV SOG - this book will give you the heart and soul of that operation.
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The book was excellent. It's a story I've never heard before and I've ready many Vietnam war books. The missions these guys went on were suicide missions. The were truly the best.
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I had chills after reading the very first three pages. The action is incredible. I was on pins and needles, like it was all happening for the very first time right in front of me. Plaster also conveyed his love for his friends through these pages. There were several places that I cried just for feeling the sacrifice of these incredible, selfless warriors. I love this book.
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I loved this book- couldn't put it down. I liked it even better than Maj. Plaster's other book, 'SOG-The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam', which was itself a doggone fine book. Based on what I've read to this point, this is the difinitive book on SOG in Vietnam. But I did come away with a question after reading it: How did those guys move through the jungle so quietly with cannonballs for gonads?
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I am not old enough to remember the tail end of Vietnam. Most of what I know came from history class or the movies. But this book allowed me to read about a part of the Vietnam war, I did not know existed. In fact, I believe a lot of people had no idea what was taking place in Cambodia and in Laos during this time period. Special forces, secret missions, thousands of North Vietnamese in "de-militarized" areas and only the Green Berets to keep them in check. Experience the very first hand accounts of american special forces units as they are dropped deep behind enemy territory only to be hunted and attacked by forces who outnumber them significantly. Overall, the book is extemly interesting and a different kind of read. Real soldiers in real situtations, where any mistep means death.
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