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Phoenix Program was an intelligence and counterinsurgency program designed to gather, analyze information and then “neutralize” (via capture, infiltration, torture, terrorism, and assassination) the infrastructure of the Viet Cong (National Liberation Front) in South Vietnam.
Phoenix was operated and executed under the direction of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) supported by U.S. Special Operation Forces, Special Forces Operatives from Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATIV), and South Vietnam’s security services.
Although the program came to an end in December 1972, specific components remained in effect until Saigon fell in 1975.
By 1972, Phoenix operatives had neutralized 81,740 suspected NLF operatives, informants, and supporters, of whom 26,000 and 41,000 were killed. William Colby, the head of CORDS from 1968-1972, claimed that Vietnamese Communists’ most challenging period of their entire struggle was from 1968 to 1972 when the Phoenix program was at work. #pru #sfg #specialforces #greenberet #cia #tigerstripes #vietnam #vietnamwar #provincialreconnaissanceunit #sog #macvsog #1stsfg
SOG took on the most dangerous assignments, going behind enemy lines to penetrate North Vietnamese military facilities in Laos and Cambodia and also along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Now the never-before-revealed exploits of this top-secret commando unit are vividly recounted by MAJ John L. Plaster, a three-tour SOG veteran.
PUB DATA: John L. Plaster; Simon and Schuster; 1997; ill.; p. 352; 22 cm.
NOTE: SOG = Studies and Observation Group
KIA 23 Aug 1968. MOS: 05B4S, Radio Operator. Unit: C&C Det. COD: Small arms fire. On the night of the attack, SGT Kickliter was relieved from commo duty at midnight. He went to his bunk to get some sleep before catching an 0400 helicopter that would take him to Saigon, where he was boarding a flight home.
KIA 23 Aug 1968. MOS: 11B4S. Unit FOB-4. COD: He was in the recon hootch when it was attacked. He left the hootch heading towards the eastern perimeter to rally forces and was gunned down by sappers. Survived near death just three months earlier when the launch site at Kham Duc was overrun, 12 May 1968
KIA 23 Aug 1968. MOS: 11GS, FOB4 Command Section SGM. SGM Pegram helped rescue the survivors at the overrun Lang Vei SF Camp in February 1968 and later survived wounds at Khe Sanh. He had formerly served at FOB 3. Prior service 1960-1962 at 2nd/187th Airborne Infantry Regiment (Rakkasans) at Fort Campbell
KIA 23 Aug 1968. MOS: 11B4S, Unit: FOB-1, Medical Section. COD: Died in the recon company area of small arms fire.
KIA 23 Aug 1968. CCN. MOS: 76Y4S (Supply) Awards: The Combat Infantryman's Badge (CIB), The Bronze Star Medal, The Purple Heart, The Vietnam Service Medal(s), The Republic of Vietnam Campaign Service Medal, The National Defense Service Medal and The Good Conduct Medal(s).
Blackbird: MC-130 nose view.
Spring of 1967, and I think it is at either Kontum, or Hue Phu Bai. I am hoping one of you can identify the location from the little shed with the name on it in the background. Too bad I didn't get any close ups, but most of the guys were camera shy. Submitted by: Richard (Dick) Sell
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KIA 23 Aug 1968. MOS: QUARTERMASTER CORPS 74419. COD: Multi-Fragment Wounds. Satchel charge explosion in his hootch.
Photo #2: Blackbird: MC-130 lft fnt qtr, aircraft 640-561. We are off-loading a full cargo load of ammunition (probably about 20,000 pounds) for SOG. Submitted by: Richard (Dick) Sell
Phoenix Program was an intelligence and counterinsurgency program designed to gather, analyze information and then “neutralize” (via capture, infiltration, torture, terrorism, and assassination) the infrastructure of the Viet Cong (National Liberation Front) in South Vietnam.
Phoenix was operated and executed under the direction of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) supported by U.S. Special Operation Forces, Special Forces Operatives from Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATIV), and South Vietnam’s security services.
Although the program came to an end in December 1972, specific components remained in effect until Saigon fell in 1975.
By 1972, Phoenix operatives had neutralized 81,740 suspected NLF operatives, informants, and supporters, of whom 26,000 and 41,000 were killed. William Colby, the head of CORDS from 1968-1972, claimed that Vietnamese Communists’ most challenging period of their entire struggle was from 1968 to 1972 when the Phoenix program was at work. #pru #sfg #specialforces #greenberet #cia #tigerstripes #vietnam #vietnamwar #provincialreconnaissanceunit #sog #macvsog #1stsfg
Phoenix Program was an intelligence and counterinsurgency program designed to gather, analyze information and then “neutralize” (via capture, infiltration, torture, terrorism, and assassination) the infrastructure of the Viet Cong (National Liberation Front) in South Vietnam.
Phoenix was operated and executed under the direction of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) supported by U.S. Special Operation Forces, Special Forces Operatives from Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATIV), and South Vietnam’s security services.
Although the program came to an end in December 1972, specific components remained in effect until Saigon fell in 1975.
By 1972, Phoenix operatives had neutralized 81,740 suspected NLF operatives, informants, and supporters, of whom 26,000 and 41,000 were killed. William Colby, the head of CORDS from 1968-1972, claimed that Vietnamese Communists’ most challenging period of their entire struggle was from 1968 to 1972 when the Phoenix program was at work. #pru #sfg #specialforces #greenberet #cia #tigerstripes #vietnam #vietnamwar #provincialreconnaissanceunit #sog #macvsog #1stsfg
Phoenix Program was an intelligence and counterinsurgency program designed to gather, analyze information and then “neutralize” (via capture, infiltration, torture, terrorism, and assassination) the infrastructure of the Viet Cong (National Liberation Front) in South Vietnam.
Phoenix was operated and executed under the direction of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) supported by U.S. Special Operation Forces, Special Forces Operatives from Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATIV), and South Vietnam’s security services.
Although the program came to an end in December 1972, specific components remained in effect until Saigon fell in 1975.
By 1972, Phoenix operatives had neutralized 81,740 suspected NLF operatives, informants, and supporters, of whom 26,000 and 41,000 were killed. William Colby, the head of CORDS from 1968-1972, claimed that Vietnamese Communists’ most challenging period of their entire struggle was from 1968 to 1972 when the Phoenix program was at work. #pru #sfg #specialforces #greenberet #cia #tigerstripes #vietnam #vietnamwar #provincialreconnaissanceunit #sog #macvsog #1stsfg
Phoenix Program was an intelligence and counterinsurgency program designed to gather, analyze information and then “neutralize” (via capture, infiltration, torture, terrorism, and assassination) the infrastructure of the Viet Cong (National Liberation Front) in South Vietnam.
Phoenix was operated and executed under the direction of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) supported by U.S. Special Operation Forces, Special Forces Operatives from Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATIV), and South Vietnam’s security services.
Although the program came to an end in December 1972, specific components remained in effect until Saigon fell in 1975.
By 1972, Phoenix operatives had neutralized 81,740 suspected NLF operatives, informants, and supporters, of whom 26,000 and 41,000 were killed. William Colby, the head of CORDS from 1968-1972, claimed that Vietnamese Communists’ most challenging period of their entire struggle was from 1968 to 1972 when the Phoenix program was at work. #pru #sfg #specialforces #greenberet #cia #tigerstripes #vietnam #vietnamwar #provincialreconnaissanceunit #sog #macvsog #1stsfg
Phoenix Program was an intelligence and counterinsurgency program designed to gather, analyze information and then “neutralize” (via capture, infiltration, torture, terrorism, and assassination) the infrastructure of the Viet Cong (National Liberation Front) in South Vietnam.
Phoenix was operated and executed under the direction of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) supported by U.S. Special Operation Forces, Special Forces Operatives from Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATIV), and South Vietnam’s security services.
Although the program came to an end in December 1972, specific components remained in effect until Saigon fell in 1975.
By 1972, Phoenix operatives had neutralized 81,740 suspected NLF operatives, informants, and supporters, of whom 26,000 and 41,000 were killed. William Colby, the head of CORDS from 1968-1972, claimed that Vietnamese Communists’ most challenging period of their entire struggle was from 1968 to 1972 when the Phoenix program was at work. #pru #sfg #specialforces #greenberet #cia #tigerstripes #vietnam #vietnamwar #provincialreconnaissanceunit #sog #macvsog #1stsfg
Phoenix Program was an intelligence and counterinsurgency program designed to gather, analyze information and then “neutralize” (via capture, infiltration, torture, terrorism, and assassination) the infrastructure of the Viet Cong (National Liberation Front) in South Vietnam.
Phoenix was operated and executed under the direction of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) supported by U.S. Special Operation Forces, Special Forces Operatives from Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATIV), and South Vietnam’s security services.
Although the program came to an end in December 1972, specific components remained in effect until Saigon fell in 1975.
By 1972, Phoenix operatives had neutralized 81,740 suspected NLF operatives, informants, and supporters, of whom 26,000 and 41,000 were killed. William Colby, the head of CORDS from 1968-1972, claimed that Vietnamese Communists’ most challenging period of their entire struggle was from 1968 to 1972 when the Phoenix program was at work. #pru #sfg #specialforces #greenberet #cia #tigerstripes #vietnam #vietnamwar #provincialreconnaissanceunit #sog #macvsog #1stsfg
Phoenix Program was an intelligence and counterinsurgency program designed to gather, analyze information and then “neutralize” (via capture, infiltration, torture, terrorism, and assassination) the infrastructure of the Viet Cong (National Liberation Front) in South Vietnam.
Phoenix was operated and executed under the direction of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) supported by U.S. Special Operation Forces, Special Forces Operatives from Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATIV), and South Vietnam’s security services.
Although the program came to an end in December 1972, specific components remained in effect until Saigon fell in 1975.
By 1972, Phoenix operatives had neutralized 81,740 suspected NLF operatives, informants, and supporters, of whom 26,000 and 41,000 were killed. William Colby, the head of CORDS from 1968-1972, claimed that Vietnamese Communists’ most challenging period of their entire struggle was from 1968 to 1972 when the Phoenix program was at work. #pru #sfg #specialforces #greenberet #cia #tigerstripes #vietnam #vietnamwar #provincialreconnaissanceunit #sog #macvsog #1stsfg
A novel about the SOG in Laos looking for the truth about a caucasian spotted fighting alongside NVA regulars.
PUB DATA: Kent White; Rocky Coast Publishing; 2000; p. 261; 21 cm.; pbk; autographed.
Người được cho là cựu binh Robertson vẫn còn sống thực ra là một người Pháp lấy vợ Việt Nam tại Cămpuchia (bìa trái). Ảnh: www.macvsog.cc.
www.thearmorylife.com/history-of-the-macv-sog-knife/ The article "History of the MACV/SOG Knife" details the development and use of the MACV-SOG knives during the Vietnam War, highlighting Conrad “Ben” Baker's pivotal role in their creation. Baker, working as the Deputy Chief for the United States Counterinsurgency Support Office in Okinawa, was tasked with providing non-attributable knives for special operations troops to use in reconnaissance and irregular warfare. The knives were known for their high-quality production in Seki City, Japan, using SK-3 steel and reflecting a design that emphasized both functionality and aesthetic appeal, drawing inspiration from Baker's father's Marbles Gladstone skinner and the American Bowie knife. These knives were especially notable for their utility and stealth in the field and were exclusively issued to MACV-SOG units. The article also highlights the legacy of these knives, with individuals like Spencer Frazer founding SOG Specialty Knives & Tools, paying homage through modern iterations like the SOG Bowie 2.0. Additionally, testimonials from historical figures such as U.S. Army Major John Plaster emphasize the knives' significance in special operations, underscoring their practical applications during missions and their enduring status as a symbol of special forces history.