The Don Englebreston Collection
SOG Reconnaissance Team Staging with Gear at Forward Operating Base, Vietnam (McCarley Collection, Slide 12)
A MACV-SOG reconnaissance team stages its gear before a mission at a forward operating base in Vietnam. Teams like this one, composed of American Special Forces advisors and indigenous soldiers, conducted highly classified cross-border reconnaissance and direct-action missions, including operations such as Operation Tailwind in 1970. Project: 219515