The Don Englebreston Collection
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Photographs from the Gene McCarley Collection show the ground force commander of Operation Tailwind in tiger-stripe camouflage at a Special Forces base camp, posed with a comrade identified as Koch. Alongside him, Hatchet Force troops — indigenous soldiers and American Special Forces advisors together — climb aboard a transport truck, capturing the staging and logistics behind MACV-SOG's covert cross-border missions.
MACV-SOG Team in the Field, Operation Tailwind Era, Gene McCarley Collection
Soldier in Tiger-Stripe Camouflage Preparing Gear at Sandbagged Compound
Team Clearing Vegetation in Jungle Hillside Clearing, Vietnam War Era
Captured Ordnance Crate and M16 Rifle, Gene McCarley Collection (Operation Tailwind)
MACV-SOG Reconnaissance Team Assembled at Base Compound, Gene McCarley Collection, Vietnam War
MACV-SOG Hatchet Force Troops Loading Truck, Gene McCarley Collection
CH-53 Sea Stallion Loading SOG Troops, Operation Tailwind, Gene McCarley Collection
Thatched Jungle Structure Encountered During Operation Tailwind, Laos, 1970
Gene McCarley and Koch, MACV-SOG Base Camp, Vietnam War
Special Forces Soldier at Aircraft Ramp with Parachute Gear, Gene McCarley Collection, Operation Tailwind Era
MACV-SOG Soldiers Following Operation Tailwind, Laos, September 1970 (Gene McCarley Collection)
MACV-SOG Team Member Assisted from Helicopter Landing Zone, Possibly SFC Michael Rose, Operation Tailwind Era
