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Old 08-14-2012, 19:10   #27
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Originally Posted by Inflexible Six View Post
This I had heard, that the counterpart teams being inserted into the North were disappearing sometimes to a man, compromised because an NVA mole had infiltrated SOG. I can't recall the source.
I think MAJ Plaster mentions that in his 2nd book.

Having been generously provided yet another trail for my education I encounter from the early days of OPLAN 34A and the OP35 opns piece of that so many things that just make me say "damn." A flow chart for some mission-approvals that enters WashDC (and takes a long time to leave and passes through way too many eyes) that looks like a nightmare worse than Powerpoint hell; cables from the USAMB in Laos at the time (aka "Field Marshal") that prove micro-management of the politics involved isn't a new thing at all; so-called 'mini' sensors to plant whose weight would've been better replaced by ammo... there is alot yet to digest.

From extracts, Mr. Schultz's book is now a must-add to the shelf. Hat-tip to BMT.

I'll say it again - damn.
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