View Full Version : Douglas Godshall remembers missions behind enemy lines with Special Forces in Vietnam
"Special Forces proved to be everything he hoped it would. "The stuff we did was incredibly interesting, that no one else was doing," he said."
http://www.cleveland.com/profiles-of-service/index.ssf/2016/03/douglas_godshall_remembers_mis.html
"pulled out of SF training because he wore eyeglasses". WTF over???
In the 3rd picture of the slide show, what's the GEN's unit? Medical?
Pat
Trapper John
03-25-2016, 14:20
"Behind Enemy Lines" - how conventional. :D
Those f'n NVA blood hounds were a pain in the ass. :D:D
Holy shit it just gets better and better.
The article says he's on the Board of the SOA. Anyone know him?
http://www.soafoundation.net/board-of-directors/
CAARNG 68W
03-25-2016, 14:57
"pulled out of SF training because he wore eyeglasses". WTF over???
Even wilder excuse than my generation's douchebag icon, Dan Blizerian's reasons for being "dropped from BUD/s"
In the 3rd picture of the slide show, what's the GEN's unit? Medical?
Pat
XXIV Corps - C&C for all ground forces in I Corps (5 northernmost provinces in RVN).
Richard
XXIV Corps - C&C for all ground forces in I Corps (5 northernmost provinces in RVN).
Richard
Thanks, Richard. I've been searching the net and couldn't find it. I never saw it before.
Pat
Linked-In profile.
Special Operations Association
Director
Member since 2008 and Director of this combat special operations group. Membership is limited to those who served in actions behind enemy lines.
Bit of an exagerator - he's a 'Board Member' and the 'limited to those who served behind enemy lines' isn't a true statement.
Richard
Even wilder excuse than my generation's douchebag icon, Dan Blizerian's reasons for being "dropped from BUD/s"
I had to obtain a vision waver to attend jump school, and that didn't prevent me from completing SFTG.
CAARNG 68W
03-25-2016, 17:55
I had to obtain a vision waver to attend jump school, and that didn't prevent me from completing SFTG.
I was poking fun at the subject of the article. I'm certainly raising some doubts about the guy. I assume you're unfamiliar with who Dan Blizerian is: The Biggest Douchebag of my Generation (https://www.instagram.com/danbilzerian/?hl=en).
On a serious note, your vision waiver; was it for colorblindness?
I was poking fun at the subject of the article. I'm certainly raising some doubts about the guy. I assume you're unfamiliar with who Dan Blizerian is: The Biggest Douchebag of my Generation (https://www.instagram.com/danbilzerian/?hl=en).
On a serious note, your vision waiver; was it for colorblindness?
No, it was for near sightedness. I don't think you could waiver color blindness for Abn.
CAARNG 68W
03-25-2016, 18:48
I don't think you could waiver color blindness for Abn.
:(
I asked the LIST,,
SOA does not vet SF. You only need to be in a unit that supported "special operations". I have a classmate that flew a cobra in support and is in SOA..
http://www.specialoperations.org/soa/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Article-IV-Membership.pdf