10-22-2008, 12:25
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B-52 Dedication
Memorial stone dedication set for Friday at Bragg
21 Oct 2008, Fayetteville Observer
A staff report
The U.S. Army Special Operations Command will dedicate a memorial stone Friday in honor of veterans who served in Project DELTA and Special Forces Detachment B-52 during the Vietnam War.
The ceremony will be at 9 a.m. at Meadows Memorial Plaza outside the command headquarters.
Lt. Gen. Robert W. Wagner, commanding general of USASOC, will host the ceremony. Members of Detachment B-52 also will attend.
Project DELTA was initiated on May 15, 1964, as a covert operation in Vietnam with one U.S. Special Forces A-Detachment training the Civilian Irregular Defense Group and Vietnamese Special Forces in conducting long-range reconnaissance patrols. The 5th Special Forces Group formed Detachment B-52 as a headquarters for the project, which included nearly 100 U.S. Special Forces soldiers and more than 1,200 South Vietnamese soldiers.
Detachment B-52 performed a wide variety of missions, including locating enemy units, intelligence, bomb damage assessment, artillery and air strike coordination, hunter-killer missions, special-purpose raids, and conducting harassing and deception missions.
USASOC officials describe Project DELTA as a "highly successful" Special Forces long-range reconnaissance operation.
The intelligence provided the identities of more than 70 North Vietnamese Army and Vietcong units, enabling the capture of numerous supply caches, documents and prisoners. The information was often gained in remote and largely inaccessible areas of the country and was produced with minimal casualties, officials said.
On July 31, 1970, Detachment B-52 was official deactivated.
The B-52 web-site is a good one. http://www.projectdelta.net/index.html
Richard 
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10-22-2008, 13:43
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The stone has been in place for a couple weeks waiting for the schedule to gel.
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10-22-2008, 15:39
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Originally Posted by Richard
Memorial stone dedication set for Friday at Bragg
21 Oct 2008, Fayetteville Observer
A staff report
The U.S. Army Special Operations Command will dedicate a memorial stone Friday in honor of veterans who served in Project DELTA and Special Forces Detachment B-52 during the Vietnam War.
The ceremony will be at 9 a.m. at Meadows Memorial Plaza outside the command headquarters.
Lt. Gen. Robert W. Wagner, commanding general of USASOC, will host the ceremony. Members of Detachment B-52 also will attend.
Project DELTA was initiated on May 15, 1964, as a covert operation in Vietnam with one U.S. Special Forces A-Detachment training the Civilian Irregular Defense Group and Vietnamese Special Forces in conducting long-range reconnaissance patrols. The 5th Special Forces Group formed Detachment B-52 as a headquarters for the project, which included nearly 100 U.S. Special Forces soldiers and more than 1,200 South Vietnamese soldiers.
Detachment B-52 performed a wide variety of missions, including locating enemy units, intelligence, bomb damage assessment, artillery and air strike coordination, hunter-killer missions, special-purpose raids, and conducting harassing and deception missions.
USASOC officials describe Project DELTA as a "highly successful" Special Forces long-range reconnaissance operation.
The intelligence provided the identities of more than 70 North Vietnamese Army and Vietcong units, enabling the capture of numerous supply caches, documents and prisoners. The information was often gained in remote and largely inaccessible areas of the country and was produced with minimal casualties, officials said.
On July 31, 1970, Detachment B-52 was official deactivated.
The B-52 web-site is a good one. http://www.projectdelta.net/index.html
Richard
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Good post Richard.... They've earned this recognition. God bless them all. 
GB TFS
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10-26-2008, 09:03
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There were about 40 former members of Project Delta in attendance. Rumored to have been the largest gathering of Vietnam era veterans on Friday.
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10-31-2008, 17:03
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B-52 tips
Good reference manual to keep things in perspective on how good I had it carrying only a 100 lbs of light weight equipment.
God bless them and about time.
Jim
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