Codename Dynamite: Weapons of SOG LTC Dick Thompson MACV SOG

Dick Thompson served as a recon team leader with MACV SOG in 1968-70 at FOB1/CCN, Republic of Vietnam. He led 20 black operations deep into enemy territory, and lived to talk about it. In this video, Dick describes combat behind enemy lines in Laos, while serving with MACV SOG. In parts it is graphically described, so viewer discretion is recommended. Dick explains use of the many special weapons carried by SOG teams, and the psychology of extreme combat.

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Biography

LTC (Ret.) Henry (Dick) Thompson enlisted into the Army in 1967 at Fort Jackson, SC, as an 11B Infantryman. After completing Basic and Advanced Infantry training, he attended Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, GA, and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the US Army Infantry in January 1968.

After commissioning, Dick’s first assignment was as an Instructor, US Army Special Warfare School, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, NC, in February of 1968. In September of 1968 he was selected to be a team leader with MACV- SOG, 5th Special Forces Group, in the Republic of Vietnam. In January 1970, after finishing his combat tour (which included 20 recon missions with RT Virginia and RT Alabama), he was assigned as an instructor in the US Army Infantry School Ranger Department and stationed at Camp Frank D. Merrill, Dahlonega, GA. Dick served in several command and instructional and research roles until being assigned as the Professor of Military Science at the University of Georgia Army ROTC department in June 1986.

He retired from the US Army in January of 1988 after 21 years of military service. Dick’s military awards and decorations include 4 Bronze Star Medals, 2 with a “V” for heroism, 2 Meritorious Service Medals, 2 Air Medals for aerial combat, one with “V” for heroism, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry for Heroism. Now a senior executive, and psychologist, with over 30 years of leadership experience from the battlefield to the boardroom, Dick is an internationally recognized leader, consultant, scientist, educator and speaker who helps leaders and organizations move into the High Performance Zone.


00:00:27 Dead man walking
00:02:30 Personal weapons
00:05:00 Suppressed Sten / practising on the VC
00:06:31 .22 usage
00:08:10 Prisoner snatches
00:10:26 Sawn off M79
00:13:18 CAR-15 + 50 mags
(00:13:37 Loud noise)
00:17:03 Equipment for carrying a AK
00:18:25 Mostly saw AK’s
00:19:24 Listening to the sound of weapons fire
00:21:48 Claymores
00:24:15 Frag grenades
00:25:11 Willie Pete (White phosphorus)
00:25:51 NVA motivated and trained soldiers
00:26:49 Toe poppers
00:29:14 Psychology of enemy contact
(00:29:38 Dicks phone goes off)
00:30:23 Bladed weapons
00:32:28 Air support
00:33:16 Wrap up and finish