Laughter during the SOG/SPAD Symposium at SOAR XXXVIII, Las Vegas, 2014. At right, a veteran badged Andrew Brown holds the microphone, his polo shirt embroidered with the Special Operations Association crest. At left, Don Engebretsen laughs in his orange A-1 Skyraider party suit, its sleeve tabs reading SANDY, SUPER SPAD and FIREFLY. The reunions were built around recovering the history of operations that had long been classified, but they were also occasions among friends, and photographs like this record the warmth of the room as faithfully as the formal proceedings record its content. Project: 219883