The Don Englebreston Collection
Gene McCarley and 'Koch' at MACV-SOG Camp, Vietnam War Era (McCarley Collection, Slide 2)
Gene McCarley, who commanded the ground element during the September 1970 MACV-SOG raid into Laos known as Operation Tailwind, stands with a fellow soldier identified as 'Koch' at a forward base camp in Vietnam. Both wear tiger-stripe camouflage associated with SOG reconnaissance teams and their indigenous allies, a partnership central to the covert cross-border operations conducted along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Project: 219480