During your introduction photos you have one of SP/4 Meyers wearing a WWII BAR Belt. The belt held 24 M-16 magazines perfectly. They were very hard to get from Army/Navy stores back in the USA. They should have been standard issue for every infantryman in Vietnam! Donald E. Zlotnki, Major (Ret) MACVSOG-CCN
@@donaldzlotnik505 we're here Sir. We're here. There are people that still love this country and are more than willing to go into battle again for her. Welcome Home. Army, Iraq, SSG (Ret)
My uncle was a Vietcong and defected to the ARVN .. he still alive and emigrated to the United States..he used to tell us about his war days and highly respected these “ devils in green faces” who stoked fear in the VC .. too bad there were not enough of them… respect
One afternoon, in September of '70, I was point man on a small Special Forces patrol between Plei ku and Kontum. I turned a bend, & five VC were squatting in a semicircle, facing me. Both sides froze for a couple of moments, staring each other down, and a Mexican standoff ensued. Our mission wasn't to make contact, but to observe. I backed us outta there, & my team made it home for chow & a flick. I hope Charlie got home that day, too... 😉
Although I served with US Special Forces, SOG I grieved the loss of great friends, unfortunatly on returning home we were badly treated because no one wanted for us to talk or help come back, was homeless long time. Even threaten when writing a book
i met 1 ex sog amcv sniper a few years back i will just call him bob he won nra long range shooting champ early 1960s i have hunted deer all my life know about 30 caliber deer rifles done lots of reloading when me and bob talked he knew a lot about these rifles he said he worked for the cia in veitnam for about 5 years knew what he was talking about said he had a price on his head from vietnam after talking to him for over an hour about long range shooting i believe him thank you for your presentation.
I've always felt bad for the Montagnards left behind. I also worry about the men we employed as trackers & interpreters in Afghanistan. I take comfort in the level of training that they received from us.....
The more I read about the Montagnards and their contribution, how they sacrificed, and such a humble people, I feel very bad about most left behind. I'm still reading about their plight and today. They seem like a great people and not because of the service to the US, but more about their qualities and basic lifestyle.
Yes, the music in the background while using an artificial voice in the narration seems to be a bit difficult to pick up. Needed help from CC, which takes away from the visuals.
Fantastic video! Nice work, Great Archive work in your production, and What more can be said about Mr. Donaghue besides THANKYOU, You Live Forever in American lore.
I had the privilege of becoming friends with MACV-SOG One Zero Richard Gross, the "Judge", while in Russia in the mid-90's. It would be terrific if you could make a video on his service as the One Zero of, if I recall correctly, RT California or Idaho. He was a plank holder in SF from its first days, co-authored SF's first foreign small arms manual and was one of America's finest soldiers ever.
@@Specialopsgp Sadly, he passed in late '98, early '99 (agent orange), almost a year after we both returned to the U. S.. I visited him the summer of '98 while I was TDY in Washington, having driven to Fayetteville, where he was residing just outside Bragg. He showed me around Bragg that weekend. I met one of his sons whose name escapes me but maybe he's still there. John Plaster mentions him in his books on SOG. I can try digging up his address in Fayetteville back home before I ship out in September. Perhaps someone in the Special Forces Association could help with further info.
The guy at the 0:43 second mark was my Group commander during part of the time that I was in the 5th Special Forces. I don’t believe that he was with MACVSOG, he was in Vietnam in the 1970s with 5th Group. His name is Kenneth Bowra
My uncle Alan Childress was with sf macv-sog couple tours I am pretty sure it was earlier on but not sure I keep watching your videos hoping to see his pic.
at one time they were called MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group.... they changed the the name in 1964 and added studies and observation group to it.
I was fortunate to have been mentored by a SF FAO who was a CPT doing his 2nd tour in Vietnam assigned to B-36 and "eating rats in Laos in '71, Geoff...they'd drop us D-cell batteries and ammo from time to time."
As a production suggestion, watch the background music: when it gets "dramatic" it is about the same volume as the narration and makes it hard to follow!
My dad was stationed in Kontum in 1960 as an S2. I didn't learn what that meant til after he passed. He was a Green beanie! I figured it out from the time we were posted at Ft Bragg, that he was getting jump qualified, and the three tours of duty at The Army language School/Monterey.
I never knew you served in SOG Bob, I want to apologize to you for a stupid remark I made on a team run. I remember yelling back to you saying, "Hurry up there's a whole NVA Battalion hot on your heels". Shit had I known that it had really happened, Id of shut my mouth.
I was wondering. Were all of our POW's brought home in Feb/March 1973 in operation homecoming or were there any left behind? Also were there any more American Military who were captured and taken prisoner by North Vietnamese after Operation homecoming? If so what years? Thank you.
@@jamesporter1123 sure James. When the 20-year NDA’s expired for SOG members being able to talk about their secret missions, many were asked who they thought D.B. Cooper was as the Cooper hijacking looked like a SOG operation. Any SOG that cared to give an opinion on the matter all said they thought Ted Braden was DB Cooper, including SOG legends Billy Waugh and John Plaster. Braden was the One Zero team leader of RT Colorado. He went AWOL from Vietnam in late 66 and went to fight as a mercenary in the Congo. He was apprehended by the CIA and jailed at Ft. Dix. After being held for 6 weeks, Braden was suddenly released on the order of Harold K. Johnson, the US Army Chief of Staff and given an Honorable discharge. I wrote about him called “Paratrooper of Fortune, the story of Ted B. Braden”
@@michaelbaldwin5495 Everyone is actually born a demon-crat (myself included). Helpless, whining, crying and expecting and even believing themselves to be entitled to someone else taking care of their every need. Some grow up to be amazing, fearless self sacrificing warriors like these men... and some spit in the faces of these very men that stand watch over the freedom that allows them to commit such atrocious and vile acts, their entire lives. The glaring point being,... if alive,... what percentage of veterans from WWI to present would you suppose would vote for the demon-cratic party, given what they represent today? There are literally thousands of ways people can protest... but personally... I believe any POS that desecrates the flag that so many gave their blood/guts/lives for... should be stripped of their citizenship (if they are a citizen) and sent to whatever debased country that w take them. Someone w take em... even if we have to pay em. Pretty sure somalia w be happy to take em if they arrive w USD 5,000😉 Cheers
We the few, whispers in the tall grass. From Nick Brokhouser Whiskey tango foxtrot. From the total fucking CHAD LYNNE "BLACKJACK" BLACK. Feat.ANOTHER CHAD JOHN STRYKER "TILT" MEYER when he operated as 1-1 and tilt as 1-0 in RT ALABAMA.
If you are black or spoke french you was forward deployed. Idk if that's a honor or not. But I'll take it as an honor. Since not all even whites weren't privileged to be apart of such special unit.
I believe I heard the narrator say the group was being deployed to the Congo, and for Special operations reasons I would Imagine being Black, or speaking French(Democratic Republic of Congo, I don't know if the country was independent at the time, or still colonized by Belgium)would help immensely in working with the indigenous population.
Excellent content BUT . . . horrible delivery, I couldn’t listen to it. I’ll check back later when perhaps you get someone to do it justice as a narrator.
The reality is this guy as well as the other 2.7 million people who rotated in Vietnam had NO right or reason to be there in the first place. He was a pawn for the colonialist/ imperialist US and was essentially an invader and aggressor in someone else's country across the entire Pacific Ocean in Asia. It was an Asian civil war to be settled by Asians. His time in Vietnam did absolutely nothing for the safety, protection and freedom of Americans. Vietnam did nothing to Americans or the US. One of the many examples post WW2 of Americans being where they didn't belong. He survived a bullet from those he intended to kill. In that context....he is NOT a hero, he is a survivor.
Marxist/Satanists such as yourself push one lie after another. Political ideology is too often a channel for subversion by ruthless communists who are the true pawns for their globalist masters who never give a damn about those they use - not even you. Question, if your line of shit is so compelling - Why is terror the default means to enslave people who are always worked to death, living in fear day after day, in your 'people republics'? Screw you!
@@alostpilgrimsjourney5953 Another Kool Aid drinker and his comments. You're not "A Lost Pilgrim" on a "Journey"....you're just lost. That Kool Aid you drink is awfully powerful.
Get a professional editor. This is a noble story, which you botch with amateurish cluelessness. We don't want a robot narrating this, we want a smart & compassionate person at the mic who has taken the trouble to learn proper pronunciation of the Degah (Montagnard) villages. Example: Plei ku is the Jarai term for "high village". I'm pretty sure those of us who fought & bled with 5th Special Forces, including your dad, would rest easier. De Oppresso Liber... Freedom for the Oppressed!
That’s the nerdiest looking badass I’ve ever seen. 🫡 my dad was there 67-68 2nd battalion g company 1st Marine Division. Then later on was over there with the green berets.
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During your introduction photos you have one of SP/4 Meyers wearing a WWII BAR Belt. The belt held 24 M-16 magazines perfectly. They were very hard to get from Army/Navy stores back in the USA. They should have been standard issue for every infantryman in Vietnam! Donald E. Zlotnki, Major (Ret) MACVSOG-CCN
I remember Meyers talking about the BAR belt on a podcast with Jocko Willink.
Great observation, Thankyou for your service sir, We Love YOU!
I Hope you Know that You and Your Fellow MACVSOG Veterans Continue to Give Encouragement, and Inspiration to Many Others. Thankyou, SO MUCH!
@@jasonsabourin2275 We are running out of PATRIOTS in this great Nation. It's nice to know we have a few left.
@@donaldzlotnik505 we're here Sir. We're here. There are people that still love this country and are more than willing to go into battle again for her. Welcome Home. Army, Iraq, SSG (Ret)
Thank you, and may God bless Mr. Donoghue and his. We need to live up to this kind of man. Much respect from Canada
Needed 10000 more of these men.
Wow ... so many pics that ive never seen before .... super rare content .. thank you
Bob Donoghue was a friend of my grandfather and came to his funeral
My uncle was a Vietcong and defected to the ARVN .. he still alive and emigrated to the United States..he used to tell us about his war days and highly respected these “ devils in green faces” who stoked fear in the VC .. too bad there were not enough of them… respect
One afternoon, in September of '70, I was point man on a small Special Forces patrol between Plei ku and Kontum. I turned a bend, & five VC were squatting in a semicircle, facing me. Both sides froze for a couple of moments, staring each other down, and a Mexican standoff ensued. Our mission wasn't to make contact, but to observe. I backed us outta there, & my team made it home for chow & a flick. I hope Charlie got home that day, too... 😉
Love these stories, I’ve been digesting everything I can find!
Although I served with US Special Forces, SOG I grieved the loss of great friends, unfortunatly on returning home we were badly treated because no one wanted for us to talk or help come back, was homeless long time. Even threaten when writing a book
THANK YOU! & 🎊WELCOME HOME ART!!! 🎉👍
🇺🇸 WE LOVE YOU! 🇺🇸
Welcome home love that last name we must be related.
i met 1 ex sog amcv sniper a few years back i will just call him bob he won nra long range shooting champ early 1960s i have hunted deer all my life know about 30 caliber deer rifles done lots of reloading when me and bob talked he knew a lot about these rifles he said he worked for the cia in veitnam for about 5 years knew what he was talking about said he had a price on his head from vietnam after talking to him for over an hour about long range shooting i believe him thank you for your presentation.
Great story telling about brave men
Excellent documentation honoring greatness, Honoring Salute!
These guys are the real shit.
Great stories, keep up the good work!!!!!!!!!
Anything SOG is allways superiour in getting ones full attention
I've always felt bad for the Montagnards left behind. I also worry about the men we employed as trackers & interpreters in Afghanistan. I take comfort in the level of training that they received from us.....
Indeed, these people can not be forgotten, their brave service must be acknowledged, and our promises kept, it's More Than A Reputation Thing!
The more I read about the Montagnards and their contribution, how they sacrificed, and such a humble people, I feel very bad about most left behind.
I'm still reading about their plight and today. They seem like a great people and not because of the service to the US, but more about their qualities and basic lifestyle.
Tens of thousands came to the US as refugees as well as other parts of the world so we didn’t desert them entirely
Great stories! Love this channel!
OUTSTANDING !!!
This is the second one of these I have listened to. And still the music in the background. Stop this disruption on future videos!!!
The music is a distraction and keeps from hearing a lot of interesting comments.. other than that good program
Yes, the music in the background while using an artificial voice in the narration seems to be a bit difficult to pick up. Needed help from CC, which takes away from the visuals.
@@jasonsabourin2275 I would forgo the music in the future, if that is the case. Thanks.
@@jimh3362 A little belated, but Thank You!
RIP Sgt Dennis Hunt MACV SOG 1969 RTO....My best buddy!
Fantastic video! Nice work, Great Archive work in your production, and What more can be said about Mr. Donaghue besides THANKYOU, You Live Forever in American lore.
I had the privilege of becoming friends with MACV-SOG One Zero Richard Gross, the "Judge", while in Russia in the mid-90's. It would be terrific if you could make a video on his service as the One Zero of, if I recall correctly, RT California or Idaho. He was a plank holder in SF from its first days, co-authored SF's first foreign small arms manual and was one of America's finest soldiers ever.
His he still alive and do you have any contact info?
@@Specialopsgp Sadly, he passed in late '98, early '99 (agent orange), almost a year after we both returned to the U. S.. I visited him the summer of '98 while I was TDY in Washington, having driven to Fayetteville, where he was residing just outside Bragg. He showed me around Bragg that weekend. I met one of his sons whose name escapes me but maybe he's still there. John Plaster mentions him in his books on SOG. I can try digging up his address in Fayetteville back home before I ship out in September. Perhaps someone in the Special Forces Association could help with further info.
The guy at the 0:43 second mark was my Group commander during part of the time that I was in the 5th Special Forces. I don’t believe that he was with MACVSOG, he was in Vietnam in the 1970s with 5th Group. His name is Kenneth Bowra
🎉WELCOME HOME!!!!!!🎊
Thank You Sooooo Much
For Your Commitment & Sacrifice!........ Believe ME!....
It is NOT Forgotten.🇺🇸
Amazing, Bob graduated from the same high school that I did.
Nice ordnance pics. NICE Model 607, colt Woodsman (suppressed), shotguns,
What a channel ... well done boet
A true American Hero! Damn right he is!!
My uncle Alan Childress was with sf macv-sog couple tours I am pretty sure it was earlier on but not sure I keep watching your videos hoping to see his pic.
at one time they were called MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group.... they changed the the name in 1964 and added studies and observation group to it.
good info but why the electronic voice and background music?
Outstanding
Awesome
I was fortunate to have been mentored by a SF FAO who was a CPT doing his 2nd tour in Vietnam assigned to B-36 and "eating rats in Laos in '71, Geoff...they'd drop us D-cell batteries and ammo from time to time."
Mr Bob was my uncle’s friend. Must have been one hells hood guy because my uncle is
Well done...
As a production suggestion, watch the background music: when it gets "dramatic" it is about the same volume as the narration and makes it hard to follow!
My dad was stationed in Kontum in 1960 as an S2. I didn't learn what that meant til after he passed. He was a Green beanie! I figured it out from the time we were posted at Ft Bragg, that he was getting jump qualified, and the three tours of duty at The Army language School/Monterey.
I never knew you served in SOG Bob, I want to apologize to you for a stupid remark I made on a team run. I remember yelling back to you saying, "Hurry up there's a whole NVA Battalion hot on your heels". Shit had I known that it had really happened, Id of shut my mouth.
You need to increase the Volume!!!! Great show though 👍
I was wondering. Were all of our POW's brought home in Feb/March 1973 in operation homecoming or were there any left behind? Also were there any more American Military who were captured and taken prisoner by North Vietnamese after Operation homecoming? If so what years? Thank you.
Cut the music
My oldest brother was a Green Beret. That is about all I know. Bc of my job I didn’t want to know.
Please do a video on the most controversial and fascinating member of SOG. Ted B. Braden.
I've never heard of him, can you tell us about him?
@@jamesporter1123 sure James. When the 20-year NDA’s expired for SOG members being able to talk about their secret missions, many were asked who they thought D.B. Cooper was as the Cooper hijacking looked like a SOG operation. Any SOG that cared to give an opinion on the matter all said they thought Ted Braden was DB Cooper, including SOG legends Billy Waugh and John Plaster. Braden was the One Zero team leader of RT Colorado. He went AWOL from Vietnam in late 66 and went to fight as a mercenary in the Congo. He was apprehended by the CIA and jailed at Ft. Dix. After being held for 6 weeks, Braden was suddenly released on the order of Harold K. Johnson, the US Army Chief of Staff and given an Honorable discharge. I wrote about him called “Paratrooper of Fortune, the story of Ted B. Braden”
@@drewbeeson7117 thanks for the information I will source a copy of your book at the end of the month when I get paid.
@@jamesporter1123 thank you ! Please leave a review when you can. You can also see videos about him on my RUclips channel, just click on my icon.
The music track is very distracting.
Do you recall a person by the name of an officer by the name of John Pooley
Semper Fi.
The us. Army was not supposed to be in Laos or Cambodia neither was NV but excursions were done. I don’t know if they were official or unofficial
I like those tiger stripe cammies.
3:13 for those who watch this guys videos a lot
Wish people understand 🇺🇲
Can you do one on oda114 that was my grandpa's oda
The music is distracting.
The music served no purpose...in some spots too loud.
CAR-15s, sawed off m-79s, RPDs etc
My Dad was CCS 69,70
Who is your Dad?
@@Specialopsgp Robert Chadwick he worked under sergeant Gore big philippine sergeant
@@Specialopsgp cribs
music mixed with robot voice too distracting
Ranger buddy FTW
I see 2 Democrats gave this thumbs down. Nevertheless, awesome content.
Lots of Democrats served and died in Vietnam 🇺🇸
@@michaelbaldwin5495 yes but these today hate America
@@michaelbaldwin5495 Everyone is actually born a demon-crat (myself included). Helpless, whining, crying and expecting and even believing themselves to be entitled to someone else taking care of their every need.
Some grow up to be amazing, fearless self sacrificing warriors like these men... and some spit in the faces of these very men that stand watch over the freedom that allows them to commit such atrocious and vile acts, their entire lives.
The glaring point being,... if alive,... what percentage of veterans from WWI to present would you suppose would vote for the demon-cratic party, given what they represent today?
There are literally thousands of ways people can protest... but personally... I believe any POS that desecrates the flag that so many gave their blood/guts/lives for... should be stripped of their citizenship (if they are a citizen) and sent to whatever debased country that w take them. Someone w take em... even if we have to pay em.
Pretty sure somalia w be happy to take em if they arrive w USD 5,000😉
Cheers
cool vid but the music is too loud.
We the few, whispers in the tall grass. From Nick Brokhouser
Whiskey tango foxtrot. From the total fucking CHAD LYNNE "BLACKJACK" BLACK. Feat.ANOTHER CHAD JOHN STRYKER "TILT" MEYER when he operated as 1-1 and tilt as 1-0 in RT ALABAMA.
[Q] When does a JOKE, become a DAD JOKE?
[A] When it becomes, apparent
you've just been IOWA DAD JOKED ( you're welcome)
11th SF was closed down in 1994 not 84.
ne desit virtus HOOO-AAAHH! AATW ducti amore patriae
Any one know John dickman? Kia may 19-1966
Couldn't appreciate this video because of the dramatic music drowning out the commentary.
Enjoyed the story but almost stopped watching after hearing the word ‘bob’ the 370th time.
If you are black or spoke french you was forward deployed. Idk if that's a honor or not. But I'll take it as an honor. Since not all even whites weren't privileged to be apart of such special unit.
I believe I heard the narrator say the group was being deployed to the Congo, and for Special operations reasons I would Imagine being Black, or speaking French(Democratic Republic of Congo, I don't know if the country was independent at the time, or still colonized by Belgium)would help immensely in working with the indigenous population.
CAN HE DO TEN PUSHUPS????? LOOKS LIKE HE CAN'T EVEN LIFT A BOOK
Why a black boonie?
because it helps you look like the NVA/VC which hopefully makes the enemy hesitate enough so that you can shoot first.
That over-dramatic music adds nothing to these already weak video presenations.
Great story but wish a real human narrated and not a computer generated voice.
Excellent content BUT . . . horrible delivery, I couldn’t listen to it. I’ll check back later when perhaps you get someone to do it justice as a narrator.
The reality is this guy as well as the other 2.7 million people who rotated in Vietnam had NO right or reason to be there in the first place. He was a pawn for the colonialist/ imperialist US and was essentially an invader and aggressor in someone else's country across the entire Pacific Ocean in Asia. It was an Asian civil war to be settled by Asians. His time in Vietnam did absolutely nothing for the safety, protection and freedom of Americans. Vietnam did nothing to Americans or the US. One of the many examples post WW2 of Americans being where they didn't belong.
He survived a bullet from those he intended to kill.
In that context....he is NOT a hero, he is a survivor.
Marxist/Satanists such as yourself push one lie after another. Political ideology is too often a channel for subversion by ruthless communists who are the true pawns for their globalist masters who never give a damn about those they use - not even you. Question, if your line of shit is so compelling - Why is terror the default means to enslave people who are always worked to death, living in fear day after day, in your 'people republics'? Screw you!
@@alostpilgrimsjourney5953 Another Kool Aid drinker and his comments. You're not "A Lost Pilgrim" on a "Journey"....you're just lost. That Kool Aid you drink is awfully powerful.
Democratic socialist traitor
@@billrom795 Lmao. If by chance you are referring to me...come up with a better label. I'm a Trump supporter and Republican. Now...start from there.
@@topgeardel as am i,I, just choose to denergare vietnam vets as pawns. Grow the fuck up
Trump2024
Get a professional editor. This is a noble story, which you botch with amateurish cluelessness. We don't want a robot narrating this, we want a smart & compassionate person at the mic who has taken the trouble to learn proper pronunciation of the Degah (Montagnard) villages. Example: Plei ku is the Jarai term for "high village". I'm pretty sure those of us who fought & bled with 5th Special Forces, including your dad, would rest easier. De Oppresso Liber... Freedom for the Oppressed!
He did a very good job putting together this story. Put up your own videos.
Thanks man, I wish I could make this kind of stuff too.
That’s the nerdiest looking badass I’ve ever seen. 🫡 my dad was there 67-68 2nd battalion g company 1st Marine Division. Then later on was over there with the green berets.