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around surprise, skill, and cunning, the very essence of stealth. flareships in the event the C-130s' flares did not ignite.
(Simon & Schuster, 1997). Simons, Sydnor and Meadows made the final selection of the force numbers.
decoy force launched a raid on enemy surface-to-air missle sites. phase of their mission. So far all is going strictly according to plan and precisely on time. He received his pilot wings and commission in 1943. For the raid, Simons selected 56 Green Berets from his pool of 103. The weather was clear, all aircraft had been thoroughly checked and were in a-one condition, the "Red Rocket" message had been received from Washington, the troopers and air crew members were suited up and all exposed skin areas were painted and the command post communications had been checked and ready. Apple One, with Simons and 21 raiders aboard, mistakenly landed at a site enclosed by a fence that presented an appearance not unlike the Son Tay compound. That same day. This was unwelcome news for the 44 trained and ready, but not selected. I had done most of the flying up to this point, and Jack Allison took over the controls for the final phase.
Simons knew it wasn't Son Tay. They were young committed warriors, motivated by a
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their next of kin. The most daring operation of the Vietnam War and one of the seven most daring raids in Military History! The Son Tay Raid would not be Colonel Simons last attempt to free prisoners in a
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Roy Manor] Col. Simons then retired. The catch? After eery man was accounted for, they launched for the long ride back to Udorn.
The unrest in Iran subsequently began in early 1979. In the meantime the five A-1s had departed Nakhon Phanom and joined formation with the second MC-130 Combat Talon.
Vietnamese froze.
The Support Element landed in the wrong compound, which was known as the Secondary School and found it contained 100-200 Chinese soldiers who were there as advisors for new missile defense weapons being emplaced . answered back, though. Hollywood Casino 400 held at Kansas Speedway. A thrilling eyewitness account of the secret
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They flew on undetected by North Vietnamese radar, possibly because of diversionary bombing missions going on in the area. Simons and his raiders opted for the HH-3E. The Security Element (Redwine) approached the south wall and using the helicopter’s miniguns, wiped out the guard towers and landed inside the compound. SSgt Daniel E. Galde, SSgt Melvin B. D. Gibson, SSgt Aron P. Hodges. The talk is flexible enough that it can be tailored to the
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the Central Intelligence Agency and used in the training of the Son Tay assault force. It was determined that Son Tay was being enlarged because of the increased activity at
The prisoners who were moved just a few miles down the road, watched the raid unfold. The helicopters were called in and the raiding party went aboard. to help give you the best experience we can. It was later learned that due to flooding of the river, the prisoners were moved.
C-130 Navigator, "Cherry-1", George W. Petrie, 1st Lt. USA,
made a final weapon and equipment check that lasted one hour and
volunteers. Any North Vietnamese troops found inside would
Immediately following Donohue's pass the HH-3, whose crew was Herb Kalen, Herb Zender and Leroy Wright and carrying Meadows with his 13-man assault force, landed in a relatively small space inside the prison walls. The helos made a left turn and proceeded to a pre-selected landing area which was on an island in a large lake.
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As his door gunners fired their mini-guns on the guard towers,
"Barbara" code name of a model of the Son Tay compound built by
When they opened fire, either they hit something explosive, or the sheer number of tracers rounds caught the bamboo/wood towers on fire. Simons had taken part in a prisoner rescue during World War II with the 6th Ranger Bn. During 1970 I had a wonderful assignment.
Simultaneous with the landing of the assault force, HH-53s Apple One and Two were to land opposite the south side and immediately fan out and conduct a search of all the buildings in search of Americans and to prevent reinforcements from interfering in any way with the rescue effort. necessary, it was decided that they would train the 100. their Cage: A Comparison of the Doolittle and Son
it was approximately 200 meters south of the objective area. SGT Terry L Buckler Weapons and other equipment checks were carefully conducted. I climbed aboard into the left seat of Apple Two and worked through the starting checklist with the aircraft commander, Lt Colonel Jack Allison, our flight mechanic and the two pararescuemen.
that Son Tay was being raided. There they would wait, hopefully to be called to move to Son Tay to pick up some POWs.
tree", a pilot remembered, "must have been 150 feet tall ... we tore into it
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Close air support was the job of the A-1s because they were ideally suited. The 56 raiders were heavily armed, carrying 48 CAR-15 carbines, two M16 rifles, four M79 grenade launchers, two shotguns, and four M60 machine guns. On 10 November the two MC-130s departed from Eglin-destination Takhli, Thailand. masterfully written an important history of what I will always believe were our finest
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Indeed, Apple Three had almost taken the camp under fire, discovered his error in time, and turned north to the correct place. The concept of a rescue mission inside North Vietnam began on 9 May 1970. His ankle chained to a post outside
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