Members of a MACV-SOG unit pose together at a forward operating base, several bearing visible wounds — bandaged heads and legs requiring crutches — a reminder of the high casualty rates suffered by reconnaissance and Hatchet Force personnel conducting classified cross-border operations into Laos and Cambodia. This photograph comes from the collection of Gene McCarley, who led the Hatchet Force company during the September 1970 raid known as Operation Tailwind. Project: 219454