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Old 09-11-2008, 17:00   #10
tom kelly
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A Good Special Forces Engagement & Resolution

This would be The Montagnard Uprising of September 1964. The incident was first reported in National Geographic Magazine in January 1965 Vol.127, No.1 in an article with photographs by Howard Sochurek in which he describes " How Coolness And Character Averted A Blood Bath when Mountain Tribesman Rose in Revolt." This was the story of American Special Forces in Action in Vietnam. The story was revisited in an article in VERITAS magazine Journal of Army Special Operations History Vol. 3, No. 2, 2007 Titled " A Team Effort" The Montagnard Uprising of September 1964. By Robert W. Jones Jr. The article features Special Forces Team A-312, 1st Special Forces Group (1st SFG) based in Okinawa, Japan. Sent to train, advise, and lead Montagnard irregular soldiers against the Viet Cong in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam. Some of the Team Members are living in Fayetteville N C area and can be contacted via Special Forces Association Chap.1-18. The following Team Members are deceased George W Underwood KIA 7-23-1964, Marvin C Compton 9-17-1990, Gene Bell 10-11-2006, Burhl M Cunningham 1997, Arthur C Juniewicz Decd. The remaining Team Members can be contacted thru The Special Forces Association. Copies of the Article in Veritas Magazine may be requested from the following address : USASOC, Attn: AOHS Veritas, E-2929 Desert Storm Drive, Fort Bragg, NC 28310. You can also e-mail the author LTC Robert W Jones Jr., jonesr@society.mil .....Regard's tom kelly
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