Photos Special Forces in Vietnam

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Members of the 173rd Airborne, U.S. Army Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol armed with M16A1's and XM177 Model 629 Carbines and wearing Tiger Stripe camo in Vietnam, 1968.

 

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Members of the 173rd Airborne, U.S. Army Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol armed with M16A1's and XM177 Model 629 Carbines and wearing Tiger Stripe camo in Vietnam, 1968.

what is in stick on fore-end m16?

 

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what is in stick on fore-end m16?

A cleaning rod to force a jammed case out of the chamber.

 

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Or pulling through a swab for daily maintenance.

 

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Jocko's podcasts with John Stryker Meyer are pretty nuts. Very interesting.

 

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AO2 Thomas H. Keith of 10 Platoon, ST-2 conducts an ambush operation out of My Tho, mid '68.

Iconic image, included in every sof related book.

 

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SEAL takes a photo with a suspected VC in South Vietnam

 

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Charles James Holland is the son of Cornelius J. and Peggy Holland. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on 4 March 1960.

On 18 August 1967, then-Staff Sergeant Charles James Holland was serving with Troop E, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade (Separate), in South Vietnam.

On that day, SSG Holland and his team was in an area 15-miles northeast of Dak To Special Forces Camp, Dak To Province, in support of Operation Greeley. The team's mission was to penetrate an area heavily-infested by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army elements, to conduct surveillance of enemy routes, and to detect and report all enemy activities. Because heavy enemy activity had been reported in the area, the mission was considered to be very dangerous. Only minutes before the team was to be infiltrated, information was received that 6-8 Viet Cong had been observed from an aircraft and that they had fired on the aircraft from a location 1,000 meters from the team's primary landing zone. When offered the opportunity to postpone the mission, SSG Holland declined but he did change the infiltration landing zone location. During the first few hours after landing, the team located more than 25 foxholes, only 2 to 3 weeks old. The next morning an observation point was established from which they could watch nearby Highway 14, as well as a known enemy trail a short distance away. The observation point, on the side of a hill, was well concealed by the vegetation, yet allowed an unobstructed view. A short time later, 21 Viet Cong were seen moving along the trail. After calling for artillery fire, voices and movement were heard to their rear and they were assaulted by enemy automatic weapons fire, hand grenades and M-79 grenade launcher fire.

Realizing the danger to his men, SSG Holland returned fire but ordered the team to withdraw from the area. He remained behind to provide cover fire for his men, several times overtaking them just long enough to give more instructions. When the men had safely reached the bottom of the hill, it was noticed that the radio had been left behind. SSG Holland charged back up the hill, firing his weapon in order to draw the enemy fire from his men. His actions made it possible for the rest of the team to be safely extracted from their vulnerable position. The following day, SSG Holland's body was found a short distance from the point of initial contact. Because he was wearing part of the equipment that had been left behind, it was learned that he had reached the observation post and was overtaken by the enemy force while trying to return to his men. An examination of the area in which his body was found revealed that he had fought the enemy until he was killed. Evidence also revealed that he had inflicted serious injury on several enemy soldiers. His courageous action was crucial in saving the lives of his team members. SSG Holland's extraordinary heroism, at the risk of his own life, earned him the U.S. Army's second highest award for valor, the Distinguished Service Cross.

Holland received a posthumous promotion to the rank of Sergeant First Class.

 

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USAF PJ's (Pararescue)

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what is a type of camo?

Somebody say Tiger Stripe?? Lol Love it!

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front grip is a good ideal

More of US Navy Seals in Vietnam

stoner folding stock!is good ideal

 

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SEAL Team ONE, X-Ray Platoon, and South Vietnamese personnel on a dock near Ben Tre in Southeast Vietnam. U.S. Navy photo

NVA camo on NAV helmet ver cool!