The Don Englebreston Collection
SOG Indigenous Team Member Packing Field Gear at Sandbagged Position, Gene McCarley Collection
A MACV-SOG team member in tiger-stripe camouflage packs his rucksack beside a sandbagged position before a cross-border mission. This image, from the personal collection of Gene McCarley, ground force commander of Operation Tailwind, documents the indigenous soldiers who served alongside U.S. Special Forces in the covert war along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Project: 219478