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When the war ended, some of them, such as the legendary “Cowboy,” managed to escape to the West and come to the U.S. The local troops, having a great understanding of the operational environment, were crucial in the survival of many SOG recon teams. But in a moonless night, in the middle of the Cambodian jungle, surrounded by thousands of North Vietnamese trackers and troops, something as trivial-seeming as your smell could mean the difference between a SOG team getting wiped out or making it home. Today, where pre-workout and energy drinks are borderline mandatory, even on active operations, such measures might sound extravagant. During this quarantine period, they would eat the same food as the North Vietnamese, that is mostly rice and fish, so they-and their human waste-could smell like the enemy while in the jungle. Usually, when launching a cross-border recon operation, SOG teams would enter a pre-mission “quarantine,” much like modern-day Army Special Forces operational detachments do before deploying. An American commando surrounded by local mercenaries (USASOC). This ability made them perfect point men during recon operations. Locals had an uncanny ability-some SOG operators would say a sixth sense-to detect danger. For example, most recon teams would run cross-border operations with between two and four Americans and four to nine local mercenaries. Indeed, local mercenaries made up most of SOG recon teams and Hatchet Forces (more on them later).
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These local partner forces included Montagnards, South Vietnamese, and Chinese Nungs, among other tribes and ethnicities. The “Little People,” as the Americans affectionally called them, proved their worth on the field, against impossible odds time and again. These local warfighters worked with the American commandos as mercenaries. What enabled SOG operations was a steady supply of loyal and fierce local fighters who passionately hated the North Vietnamese-and sometimes each other. In Laos, a MACV-SOG team reconnoiters the Ho Chi Minh Trail for installations and pipelines (). And to this day, 50 SOG Green Berets are still missing in action. SOG had a casualty rate of 100 percent-everyone who served in SOG was either wounded, most multiple times, or killed. Service at SOG came with an unspoken agreement that you’d receive either a Purple Heart or body bag. Of that number, about 20,000 were Green Berets, of those, only 2,000 served in SOG, with just 400 to 600 running recon and direct action operations. Approximately 3.2 million Americans served in Vietnam. Not only did it recruit solely from special operations units, but the inherent risk required that everyone had to be a volunteer. Service in the unit was highly selective. SOG was commanded by an Army colonel, called “Chief SOG,” reflecting the predominance of Green Berets in the organization, and divided into three geographical sections: Command and Control North (CCN), Command and Control Central (CCC), and Command and Control South (CCS).
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But as far as the general public was concerned, they were each just another American soldier fighting Communism in Vietnam. SOG troops weren’t allowed to disclose their location, missions, or any other details surrounding their covert outfit and they couldn’t take photographs-like all good commandos, however, SOG broke that rule frequently, as the numerous pictures from the time suggest.
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The Ho Chi Minh Trail slithered throughout Indochina and supplied the insurgency in South Vietnam (USASOC).ĭuty in SOG was voluntary and strictly confidential.