MACV SOG - Elite Commandos in Vietnam - Tribute

This video was created for the 5th Special Forces Group Hall of Heroes memorial display.

Our team of Special Operations history enthusiasts and game developers worked with Special Operations Association members, the JFK Special Warfare Museum, USASOC and 5th SFG historians and the Modernforces Living History Group (advisers on our game - the best in the world) to put together this video and the display at Fort Campbell, KY.

The radio commo track was provided by Barry Subelsky, and it's use supported by the men on that mission - John Plaster, Lyn St. Laurent and Pat Mitchel. The transcript was developed by SOA board member and 195th AHC crew chief Don Haase, and Sam our voice actor (and former paratrooper himself). We intend to publish the entire 45 min tape with transcript in a further video, once we have time to create the visuals for it. It is an incredible and rare insight into MACV SOG operations.

Photos were provided by surviving MACV SOG team members who advised on the movie, and our video game. The game "Arma 3: S.O.G. Prairie Fire" was used for the graphic recreation and is available to buy here:

https://www.sogpf.com

The memorial display features the following personnel:
MAJ GEN John ("Jack") K Singlaub, as a COL, in the role of Chief SOG
Bong, an indigenous mercenary, in the role of Team Interpreter to RT Idaho
MAJ GEN Eldon Bargewell, as a SSGT, in the role of Recon Team leader
COL Robert ("Bob") L Howard, as a SFC, in the role of Recon Company First Sergeant

Find out more about these legendary Special Forces soldiers:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_K....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldon_B...

John Stryker Meyers SOGcast:
   • SOGCast 001: Blown Off Jungle Boots: ...  

Jason Hardy's SOG books:
https://thedogtag.com/product-categor...

Timeline:
00:00:15 Vietnam War/MACV SOG Intro
00:02:05 John ‘Tilt’ Stryker-Meyer Testimony
00:02:16 Ken ‘ El Cid’ Bowra Testimony
00:02:27 ‘Tilt’ on Indigenous Forces
00:02:35 ‘El Cid’ on NVA
00:02:52 Jim ‘Wild Carrot’ Shorten-Jones Crossing the Fence
00:03:05 ‘El Cid’ and ‘Tilt’ on Jungle Movement
00:03:35 Don ‘Ghostrider’ Haase on Infiltration
00:04:14 Mental Strength and Focus
00:04:37 Narration on the impact of MACV SOG
00:05:04 Slideshow from Special Operations Association
00:05:36 Radio Excerpt from 1971, January Laos SOG Extraction (Audio Warning, Trigger Warning)
00:09:33 Rest in Peace to David ‘Lurch’ Mixter
00:09:53 Memories from SOG Slideshow