Uncommon valor : the recon company that earned five Medals of Honor and included America's most decorated Green Beret /

Uncommon valor : the recon company that earned five Medals of Honor and included America's most decorated Green Beret /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Moore, Stephen L., author.
Imprint:	Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2018]
Description:	x, 412 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	United States. -- Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. -- Studies and Observations Group. United States. -- Army. -- Special Forces. United States. -- Army. -- Special Forces United States. -- Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. -- Studies and Observations Group Vietnam War (1961-1975) Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Commando operations -- United States. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Reconnaissance operations, American. Medal of Honor. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Regimental histories -- United States. Commando troops Medal of Honor Regimental histories United States
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11694200

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ISBN:	9781591145745 1591145740
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Uncommon Valor is about the formation and operation of an advanced Special Forces recon company during the Vietnam War. Code-named the Studies and Observations Group, SOG was the most covert U.S. military unit in its time and contained only volunteers from such elite units as the Army Green Berets, Navy SEALs, and USAF Air Commandos. SOG warriors operated in small teams, going behind enemy lines in Laos and Cambodia and along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, tasked with performing special reconnaissance, sabotaging NVA ammunition, attempting to rescue downed U.S. pilots, and other black ops missions"--
Other form:	Online version: Moore, Stephen L., author. Uncommon valor Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2018] 9781682473122

Table of Contents:

Prologue
1. The Kontum Thirty-Three
2. Spike Teams and Hatchet Force
3. The Montagnard Camp and "Old Blue"
4. Prisoner Snatching and Wiretaps
5. Code Name Bright Light
6. Heavy Drop
7. Daniel Boone and Bob Howard
8. Into the Hornet's Nest
9. "They Won't Take Us Alive"
10. New Faces at FOB-2
11. "The Big One"
12. Enter the Gladiator
13. The Wolfkeil Bright Light
14. Double Take
15. Close Shaves
16. SLAM VII: "Shot All to Hell"
17. Howard's Miracle Mission
18. "No Longer a Cherry"
19. "In the Frying Pan"
20. Casualties of the Fall
21. "Vietnamese Alamo"
Epilogue: "A Collection of Heroes"
Acknowledgments
Appendix
Glossary of Terms
Notes
Bibliography
Index