[rwt_bkk]

John is a really good writer who keeps the story going from begginng to end. More importantly, for me anyway, he has done a great service to the SOG vets by telling a bit of what it was like. He broke the ice on SOG books and you will see some others coming out soon.

One thing I think it is impossible to capture the tension of the mission in words. A friend of mine (George Pointon) who was a 10 at CCC and then went to MF was telling me a story. His first day on the MF he and another ex-Soggie both got wounded. Later they were talking comparing the MF and SOG. The other guy said, "you know this place is Dangerous, but SOG was terrifying!".

Got to agree with John though, I was damn glad to get off the choppers! I actually went to WO flight before SF. (washed out for "Lack of Military Development... duh!). Later I reflected on how happy I was that I wasn't a chopper pilot (esp slicks).

Looking forward to getting his Pictorial History of SOG, I lost almost every pic from CCN.