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Old 07-19-2012, 09:08   #1
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Rare Special Forces Videos- Vietnam

These are a few rare Special Forces video I found being a key board commando at 5 in the morning jacked up on Cola, pizza , zero sleep and dwindling self respect ..lol



Ok but seriously, the videos are historic and pretty neat (There is no sound for any of the videos)

1) The First Video is a Special Forces soldier searching the body of a dying VC, SF found information on anti-tank mines, and tax collection documents

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65...ions-on-ground


2) Second video is the US Army Special Forces returning to t. Bragg after Vietnam on the 24th of Nov. 1970

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65...d-States-C-123


3) 3rd video-US Army Special Forces Captain Roger Donlon visits deserted defense positions at Camp Nam Dong in Vietnam.

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65...-wire-entangle

4) This Last video has sound and is a great 10 mins of what US Army Special Operations is all about ( scroll to bottom of the page)

http://www.shadowspear.com/special-o...operations.htm


Anyway, I hope the QP's who view this thread like the videos, I checked the best I could, I hope these videos haven't been covered already...
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Old 07-19-2012, 09:20   #2
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The second video is of some of the Son Tay Raiders returning home.

The GO speaking is BG Henry Emerson who was the CDR, JFKCENMA at the time.

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Old 07-19-2012, 10:24   #3
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1) The First Video is a Special Forces soldier searching the body of a dying VC, SF found information on anti-tank mines, and tax collection documents

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65...ions-on-ground
Found a little more description on the first one:

http://www.azcreative.com/vietport/search.html

Be sure to go through the slides.
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Old 07-19-2012, 14:39   #4
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I hope they didn't fly them all the way back from NKP on C-123's....
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Old 07-19-2012, 14:45   #5
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I hope they didn't fly them all the way back from NKP on C-123's....
The 123's brought them up from Eglin.

We flew back to Bragg from Bliss one time on a 123 - That was a looonnnnnngggg flight and then they started their 'nap of the road map' low-level flying coming across the Appalachians - was never so glad to have the doors come open on an A/C and do a 90-degree turn around that big @$$ wheel well to exit in my life.

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Old 07-20-2012, 04:59   #6
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Son Tay Raiders

I find that fascinating that video 2 show cases some of those heros at Son Tay

I believe I read somewhere during that raid, SF troopers encountered Russian and Chinese military advisers. We may not have found prisoners but.....Hanoi got the message, and it gave hope to the POWs....


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Old 07-27-2012, 11:52   #7
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Yeah, no latex gloves, you did indeed dip your hands right in the goo. (No AIDs then but some of our blood supplies were getting tainted with hep.)

Good videos, good find. Amazing what coke and pizza will inspire.
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