15 Months In Sog: A Warrior's Tour

15 Months In Sog: A Warrior's Tour
by Thom Nicholson

15 Months In Sog: A Warrior's Tour
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Author: Thom Nicholson
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1999-06-28
ISBN: 0804118728
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Presidio Press

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Book Review: Be Forewarned!
Summary: 2 Stars

Although Nicholson served in MACSOG during 1970-71, this is not a memoir. The dates, personnel, and locations have been altered and some of the events are fictionalized. Have been researching SOG activities and history for the past twenty years, so I know whereof I speak. If you want accurate, and realistic depictions of recon team activities in SEA, see James Acre's PROJECT OMEGA: EYE OF THE BEAST (Hellgate Press, 1999) or John Plaster's SECRET COMMANDOS (Simon & Schuster, 2004).

Summary of 15 Months In Sog: A Warrior's Tour

"When we cross the border: no ID, and it's kiss yourself good-bye if Charlie gets ahold of you."

In Vietnam, the Military Assistance Command's Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) fielded small recon teams in areas infested with VC and NVA. Because SOG operations suffered extraordinary casualties, they required extraordinary soldiers. So when Capt. Thom Nicholson arrived at Command and Control North (CCN) in Da Nang, SOG's northernmost base camp, he knew he was going to be working with the cream of the crop.

As commander of Company B, CCN's Raider Company, Nicholson commanded four platoons, comprising nearly two hundred men, in some of the war's most deadly missions, including ready-reaction missions for patrols in contact with the enemy, patrol extractions under fire, and top-secret expeditions "over the fence" into Laos, Cambodia, and North Vietnam. Colonel Nicholson spares no one, including himself, as he provides a rare glimpse into the workings of one of the military's most carefully concealed reconnaissance campaigns.

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