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Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior Hardcover – July 25, 2022

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"...a near-unbelievable story of deadly missions carried out by small Green Beret-led teams operating deep in enemy territory against all but impossible odds."

-Michael P Buckland, Special Forces SOG warrior
"These were extremely dangerous, top secret operations, which tested Hanson's mettle; the Christian values of his youth...shone brightly. Read this book and you'll agree with the Green Berets who knew him: Hanson is one of the best."-Maj. John Plaster, Ret. Special Forces, SOG author
"Born Twice takes the reader from the bitterly cold Minnesota winters of his youth to leading a MACV-SOG recon team in the steaming jungles of Southeast Asia. If you want to know what it was like to run reconnaissance missions into denied areas during the Vietnam War, then Born Twice is a book you must read." -Dennis J. Cummings, author of The Men Behind the Trident: SEAL Team One in Vietnam
"Dale Hanson was given the name Kam Baw Ya Chin, meaning 'eternal life, never die' by his Chinese mercenary counterparts in the secret Special Forces projects during the Viet Nam war. After reading some of his near death experiences, this name seems fitting. It may seem contradictory to be at once a committed Christian and a lethal Green Beret, but Hanson was and is. Highly recommended." -Major John "Doc" Padget, Special Forces Ret.
"Hanson brilliantly sets the stage for being hunted by communist soldiers on the ground in Laos in the dark of night, casually mentioning the damage his fingers sustained following face-to-face combat with three AK-47-firing enemy soldiers. Then he deftly shifts gears, taking you through his childhood in Ojibway country in northern Minnesota and his coming of age before joining the Army. Both aspects of this proud Green Beret's history make for a fascinating read. This isn't his first book and I hope it's not his last." -John Stryker Meyer, author of Across the Fence: The Secret War in Vietnam, On The Ground and SOG Chronicles: Volume One

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July 25, 2022
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"Dale Hanson takes us from a northern Minnesota boyhood to the incredible stresses of U.S. special operations during the Vietnam War, the deadly world of MAC-V-SOG, the top-secret Special Forces project that conducted America's Secret War against the Communist forces on the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Shrouded in mystery and equipped with exotic weaponry, SOG operators suffered casualty rates in excess of 100% for three successive years.Dale Hanson served with Recon Team Florida during one of the legendary missions of SOG, the killing of an enemy colonel who was carrying super-secret documents of enormous importance to the American war effort. After intense fighting, those documents were brought back by the team. Dale survived and went on to serve three tours with the legendary special operations group.The American heartland can bring forth young men of great valor and commitment, and one such man wrote this book. To read it is to go along on a near-unbelievable story of deadly missions carried out by small Green Beret-led teams operating deep in enemy territory against all but impossible odds."-Michael P Buckland, Special Forces SOG warrior
"At times light hearted and other times deadly serious, this recounting of Dale Hanson's formative upbringing and remarkable combat as a 'Green Beret' is exciting, fascinating reading. We both served as U.S. Army Special Forces recon volunteers, operating deep behind enemy lines on the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos, and infiltrating enemy sanctuaries in Cambodia. These were extremely dangerous, top secret operations, which tested Dale's mettle; the Christian values of his youth - integrity, placing others above himself, never shying from hard work and always demanding the very best of himself - shone brightly. Read this book and you'll agree with the Green Berets who knew him: Dale is one of the best." -Maj. John Plaster, Ret. Special Forces, SOG author

"Fifty years after the eight-year secret war ended in Vietnam, well-written non-fiction books by SOG recon men are surfacing. Add Born Twice by Dale Hanson - who served three tours of duty during the war - to the growing list of SOG books. Hanson's Born Twice is actually a story within a story. He brilliantly sets the stage for being hunted by communist soldiers on the ground in Laos in the dark of night, casually mentioning the damage his fingers sustained following face-to-face combat with three AK-47-firing enemy soldiers. Then he deftly shifts gears, taking you through his childhood in Ojibway country in northern Minnesota and his coming of age before joining the Army. Both aspects of this proud Green Beret's history make for a fascinating read. This isn't his first book and I hope it's not his last."-John Stryker Meyer, author of Across the Fence: The Secret War in Vietnam, On The Ground and SOG Chronicles: Volume One

"Each time I pick up a book or short story written by Dale Hanson, I know I'm about to read something unique and special. Dale is more than a writer, he is a wordsmith. Born Twice takes the reader from the bitterly cold Minnesota winters of his youth to leading a MACV-SOG recon team in the steaming jungles of Southeast Asia. If you want to know what it was like to run reconnaissance missions into denied areas during the Vietnam War, then Born Twice is a book you must read." -Dennis J. Cummings, author of The Men Behind the Trident: SEAL Team One in Vietnam

About the Author

Dale Hanson is an accomplished sculptor who has led a life of adventure and enjoyed numerous accomplishments. He is a black belt martial artist, an author, a pilot of fixed wing and glider airplanes, has flown aerobatics and is a Special Forces underwater diver. He is a disabled veteran and a member of MENSA.During the Vietnam War, Dale was a highly decorated Green Beret who served three years as a commando in the famous SOG program, whose mission involved extremely dangerous raids far behind enemy lines. This unit received more decorations and suffered higher rates of casualties than any American unit since the American Civil War. On one of these raids, Dale earned the first of several purple hearts as his right hand was mangled by a burst of machine gun fire. It is ironic that he became a sculptor, a field in which one's hands are so critical.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dale Hanson (July 25, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 424 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0998135364
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0998135366
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.74 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.06 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #686,182 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #423 in Vietnam War Biographies (Books)
- #668 in Intelligence & Espionage History
- #1,265 in Vietnam War History (Books)

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Dale Hanson is an accomplished sculptor who has led a life of adventure and enjoyed numerous accomplishments. He is a black belt martial artist, an author, a pilot of fixed wing and glider airplanes, has flown aerobatics and is a Special Forces underwater diver. He is a disabled veteran and a member of MENSA.

During the Vietnam War, Dale was a highly decorated Green Beret who served three years as a commando in the famous SOG program, whose mission involved extremely dangerous raids far behind enemy lines. This unit received more decorations and suffered higher rates of casualties than any American unit since the American Civil War. On one of these raids, Dale earned the first of several purple hearts as his right hand was mangled by a burst of machine gun fire. It is ironic that he became a sculptor, a field in which one’s hands are so critical.

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Carlos ejafe

Great service for a great book

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2024

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Real heroes have gone before us and it’s amazing to read their story! Even better was to buy this book used! The notes in the margins were from someone who was there! Even better! I recommend this author and book seller

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R. Scott Ormond

Definitely a Good Book for those interested in SOG -

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2023

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Finished the book - the end is heart wrenching on more than one level: The author's injuries and mental anguishes, the trauma America was going through at the time because of the media's Left Turn and Cronkite's misinformation about Tet and the war from that point on, and that this was the time I was graduating High School and decided to join the Army because older classmates had been killed over there. I bought the Book hoping it would be more like Plaster's works, posting numerous missions in depth/detail to give a broad clear view of what SOG did and what effects those missions had on shaping the War Effort by hampering the VC and NVA. But the Book is more an expiation, a personal exorcism brought on by a Soldier going into a war hoping to do Good against Evil, but finding out that the System and the Controlling Powers seemed set on making those clean goals difficult if not impossible - even blurring recognition of who the Good and Evil really are. I remember the Green Beret/VC Spy case from back then, and from readings. That's really the Nexus and Crisis of this book - and what makes it good. I will now have to read it again without my preconceived hopes to see what the Author is really hunting for. Certainly the Theme is similar to others: That if SOG had really been allowed to do its Job, and MACV had really acted with full force on the good information SOG provided immediately, instead of often discounting or ignoring it, the enemy could have been destroyed from out of the land and the War really won. So why wasn't it? Why was the NVA's presence in Cambodia and Laos not blown clearly open to the world? It only aided them in their cause, their aggression, and their final bloody success. Why? Very good book!

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Danice Miller

Great Book

Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2022

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I bought this book as a Christmas gift for my daughter and she said she absolutely loves it.

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rfl

Amazing S.F. Warrior

Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2022

This is the story of an incredible Special Forces Warrior that takes the reader from the childhood of a boy with strong Christian values through the early years of his life to the deadly jungles of Vietnam and Laos. The story is mesmerizing and difficult to put down. The challenges this heroic warrior encounters and overcomes during his time "over the fence" is riveting to say the least. Even when bullets ripped away parts of his hand, he managed to stay focused of the well being of his team and completion of the mission. Dale Hanson epitomizes the skill and dedication of the Special Farces Recon men that put their life on the line every time they went out on their Top Secret Missions knowing full well that the chances their survival were low at best and repeatedly kept going back into the back yard of the enemy . This is a must read for anyone interested in learning about the Secret War during the Vietnam years and the bravest and best men our country may have ever sent into combat. Dale Hanson is solidly among them. Thank you Dale for writing your story. The world needs to know.

Roger F Lockshier author of We Saved Sog Souls

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