A combination memoir and combat photography book, Running Recon reflects both the author's experiences in the top-secret Studies and Observation Group (SOG) from April 1969 to April 1970, and the collective experiences of SOG veterans in general. What sets it apart from other Vietnam books is its wealth of more than 700 photographs, many never before published, from the author's personal collection and those of his fellow SOG veterans.
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Frank Greco served in SOG from 1969–1970 in Command and Control Central as part of Recon Team Colorado. He and his wife live in a coastal community, where he pursues a number of different activities and interests. This is his first book. For more information, check out his Web site at www.runningrecon.com
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This review is from: Running Recon: A Photo Journey with SOG Special Ops Along the Ho Chi Minh Trail (Hardcover)
Greco described this book best by calling it the "scrapbook of a covert organization never meant to see the light of day." (Acknowledgements, X) This is exactly what this work is. Not only does it reflect his experiences while serving in SOG, but it reflects the overall experience of running highly classified missions into enemy controlled territory.
Before I bought this book, I was somewhat apprehensive because I had already bought John L. Plaster's book "SOG: A Photo History of the Secret Wars" and I was afraid that they'd be very similar in photos and content. While some photos appear in both books, they are each their own separate works and both compliment the other very well. I am truly thankful to Greco and Plaster and the others alike who served in SOG and performed a job against such incredible and sometimes suicidal odds. Furthermore, thank you for taking the time to compile your experiences into something that can be read and held by those who were never there.
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This review is from: Running Recon: A Photo Journey with SOG Special Ops Along the Ho Chi Minh Trail (Paperback)
thank goodness for an interprising soldier who saved the photos and info
from a lab fire and has now shared his secret world with the masses. It gives another and more in depth view of cross border RECON in the Nam war. Coupled with Plaster's SOG and Harris' Break Contact-Continue Mission, we can mentally imbed with these soldiers as they risked all to interdict the workings of a cruel and voracious enemy. The book tells the story. Great work Frank..
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This review is from: Running Recon: A Photo Journey with SOG Special Ops Along the Ho Chi Minh Trail (Paperback)
This book is right up there with MAJ (R) Plaster's earlier works. Predominantly consisting of a well-written narrative and unique, previously unpublished photographs, Mr. Greco's contribution to the history of SOG is incredible. As a historian and currently serving Soldier, this is a fantastic look into a world that the bureaucrats tried to forget or suppress, at least until the next war where they needed something like it again. Great work!
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From where it began, I could never have guessed I would end up in U.S. Army Special Forces, much less part of an unknown, elite unit called SOG. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
running recon, aerial photo missions, recon members, recon team members, binh tram, radio relay site, recon men, recon teams, air sorties, sapper attack, two slicks, chopper pad, recon mission, wing guns, helicopter units, helicopter company Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Special Forces, Hatchet Force, Track Shoe, South Vietnam, Michael Buckland, North Vietnam, United States, Mike Sheppard, Prairie Fire, Recon Company, World War, Jason Hardy, Medal of Honor, Ben Baker, Bryon Loucks, Ray Harris, Operation Tailwind, Central Highlands, Covey Rider, Howard Sugar, Ted Wicorek, Ben Het, Dak Seang, Southeast Asia, Gary Knight New!
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From where it began, I could never have guessed I would end up in U.S. Army Special Forces, much less part of an unknown, elite unit called SOG. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
running recon, aerial photo missions, recon members, recon team members, binh tram, radio relay site, recon men, recon teams, air sorties, sapper attack, two slicks, chopper pad, recon mission, wing guns, helicopter units, helicopter company Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Special Forces, Hatchet Force, Track Shoe, South Vietnam, Michael Buckland, North Vietnam, United States, Mike Sheppard, Prairie Fire, Recon Company, World War, Jason Hardy, Medal of Honor, Ben Baker, Bryon Loucks, Ray Harris, Operation Tailwind, Central Highlands, Covey Rider, Howard Sugar, Ted Wicorek, Ben Het, Dak Seang, Southeast Asia, Gary Knight New!
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- Break Contact, Continue Mission by Raymond D. Harris on 4 pages
- The Secret War (World War II Collector's Edition , Vol 29) by Francis Russell in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Prairie fire by Kent White in Front Matter, and page 44
- Daniel Boone: Wilderness Scout: The Life Story and True Adventures of the Great Hunter Long Knife Who First Blazed the Wilderness Trail through the Indian's Country to Kentucky by Stewart Edward White on page 73, and page 122
- Vietnam Helicopter Pilots - 1st Ed by Turner Publishing on page 238
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