The Don Englebreston Collection
SOG Soldier at Helicopter Ramp, Gene McCarley Operation Tailwind Collection
A SOG soldier crouches at a helicopter ramp, fully equipped with rucksack, ammunition harness, and CAR-15 carbine, in this photograph from the Gene McCarley Collection tied to Operation Tailwind. McCarley commanded the Hatchet Force company during the September 1970 MACV-SOG raid into Laos, one of the most daring covert ground operations of the Vietnam War. Project: 219480