The Don Englebreston Collection
Gallery: Photos
Photographs from Lt. Col. Gene McCarley's MACV-SOG collection: the Operation Tailwind ground commander briefing his team, an indigenous SOG reconnaissance member with a bayoneted rifle at a staging area, candid compound life, and a crate of captured RPG-2 rounds. The images offer a rare look inside the Studies and Observations Group, the classified unit whose Montagnard, Nung, and South Vietnamese irregulars carried out cross-border missions into Laos and Cambodia.
Wilmington Morning Star Front Page, June 25, 1998 — Retired Lt. Col. Eugene McCarley Disputes Vietnam War Criminal Allegations
American Special Forces Soldier and Indigenous Striker in Tiger-Stripe Camouflage at a SOG Compound, Republic of Vietnam, ca. 1968-1971
MACV-SOG Reconnaissance Team in Jungle Clearing, Southeast Asia, Vietnam War (McCarley Collection)
Reconnaissance Team Members in Jungle Clearing, Southeast Asia, Vietnam War Era
Lt. Col. Gene McCarley Briefing Personnel, MACV-SOG, Vietnam
Pentagon Press Conference on Operation Tailwind, Featuring MACV-SOG Veterans
Special Forces Soldiers in Formation, Handshake Ceremony - McCarley/SOG Collection
MACV-SOG Recon Team Boarding Truck 'CCC.73' at Kontum Launch Site, Vietnam War
Formal Group Portrait of Five Veterans/Officials with Gene McCarley, Military Heritage Room
American Advisor and Vietnamese Airborne Soldier at Special Forces Compound, Vietnam War
AH-1G Cobra Gunships on Flight Line, Vietnam War Era
Air Force Special Operations Personnel and Helicopters on Airfield Ramp, Lt. Col. Gene McCarley SOG Collection, Vietnam War
SOG Advisor and Indigenous Team Member Following Mission Return, Vietnam War
MACV-SOG Indigenous Recon Team Member Preparing Rucksack, Gene McCarley Collection
MACV-SOG Reconnaissance Team Clearing a Tree in Jungle Highlands, Vietnam War Era
Low-Flying Close Air Support Aircraft Over Jungle Canopy, Gene McCarley SOG Collection
Portrait of a Montagnard ('Yard') Soldier, MACV-SOG Collection
Two-Man MACV-SOG Reconnaissance Team Member Portrait, Vietnam War
MACV-SOG Team Member with CAR-15 Carbine in the Field, Vietnam War Era
Indigenous SOG Team Member with Combination Rifle/Grenade Launcher, Forward Compound
Mission Briefing Room, MACV-SOG Launch Site — 'Launch Site Operations' Board
MACV-SOG Reconnaissance Team Boarding Helicopter, Gene McCarley Collection
MACV-SOG Indigenous Troops and American Advisor Staging at Forward Base Camp
SOG Recon Team Members Boarding Helicopter, McCarley Collection, Slide 14
SOG Reconnaissance Team Member Greeted Near Aircraft Ramp — Gene McCarley Collection, Vietnam War
MACV-SOG Personnel at Landing Zone Following Field Operation, Lt. Col. Gene McCarley Collection
UH-1 Huey Helicopter and Ground Team, MACV-SOG Operations, Vietnam War Era
Captured RPG-2 Rocket Rounds and Rifle in Wooden Crate -- Lt. Col. Gene McCarley MACV-SOG Collection
Interior of Special Operations Helicopter with SOG Personnel, Ramp Open
Indigenous SOG Team Member in Jungle Undergrowth
SOG Team Members with Gear at Forward Compound
SOG Recon Team Returning Through Compound Gate, Forward Operating Base
Indigenous SOG Troops at Base Camp, 2nd Platoon Barracks Marked "2ND PLT.BC"
Indigenous Troops Boarding Twin-Rotor Helicopter, MACV-SOG Operation
Indigenous SOG Strike Force Troops Loading Military Truck, McCarley Collection
Marine CH-53 Helicopter with MACV-SOG Hatchet Force Troops at a Forward Landing Zone, Southeast Asia, Circa 1970, McCarley Slide 3
Camouflaged Jungle Structure Encountered During SOG Operation
Special Forces Personnel at Forward Base Camp, McCarley SOG Collection
SOG Reconnaissance Team Member in Jungle Clearing, Vietnam War Era
MACV-SOG Team Members with Captured Ho Chi Minh Portrait, Gene McCarley Collection, Vietnam War
Indigenous SOG Team Member with Bayoneted Rifle, Staging Area, Vietnam War Era
SOG Operator at Aircraft Ramp with Parachute Harness, Green Beret
Soldier Resting Against Sandbagged Bunker Wall, MACV-SOG Forward Site
Portrait of Unidentified Shirtless Man at Military Compound, Gene McCarley SOG Photo Collection, Vietnam War Era
