SOAR XXXVII, Las Vegas, 2013. Three attendees stand at a table spread with loose photographic prints — a common sight at Special Operations Association reunions, where members bring images for identification, annotation and copying. The badge at right identifies Robert Shippen, who wears gold parachutist wings above his shirt pocket. On the wall behind hangs the association's banner: a skull in a green beret over a heraldic shield, the emblem of a membership drawn largely from the Vietnam-era Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG). Project: 219861