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SPECIAL FORCES AND OPERATIONS IN VIETNAM - END OF THE VIETNAM WAR 50TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION Saturday, April 22, 2023
SPECIAL FORCES AND OPERATIONS IN VIETNAM - END OF THE VIETNAM WAR 50TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION
The modern conception of U.S. military special operations crystallized during the Vietnam War, when elite special forces units conducted diverse clandestine operations under the command of the MACV Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG).
MACV-SOG was created on 24 January 1964 as a joint task force dedicated to unconventional and covert operations under the command of a U.S. Army Special Forces colonel; accession to the unit was strictly voluntary, and the Army 5th Special Forces Group provided the largest share of volunteers. Its elements conducted a wide range of sensitive missions, including strategic reconnaissance, personnel recovery, psychological operations, direct action, sabotage, and counterintelligence.
As the war escalated MACV-SOG grew, and its activities expanded into other countries. MACV-SOG became famous for its small-unit incursions into neighboring North Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia to gather intelligence on the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
These operations typically consisted of 2 – 3 Special Forces operatives and 6 – 9 indigenous auxiliaries who penetrated deep into hostile territory to gather on the ground intelligence on the vital supply routes along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, often encountering overwhelming enemy resistance.
As the war wound down and process of Vietnamization proceeded, the need for MACV-SOG’s services declined, and the unit was disbanded on 30 April 1972. As the first Joint Special Operations Task Force created to facilitate operations across an entire theater, MACV-SOG was an important precursor to modern special forces operations during the Global War on Terror.
Nine Army Special Forces operatives earned the Medal of Honor for actions during their service with MACV-SOG, although the veil of secrecy surrounding MACV-SOG meant their exploits only became widely known after the end of the Vietnam War.
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