{"title":"John L. Plaster","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"secret-commandos-behind-enemy-lines-with-the-elite-warriors-of-sog-paperback","title":"Secret Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines with the Elite Warriors of Sog - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMajor John L. Plaster recalls his remarkable covert activities \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eas a member of a special operations team during the Vietnam War in a \"comprehensive, informative, and often exciting...account of an important part of the overall Vietnam tragedy\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore there were Navy SEALs, there was SOG. Short for \"Studies and Operations Group,\" it was a secret operations force in Vietnam, the most highly decorated unit in the war. Although their chief mission was disrupting the main North Vietnamese supply route into South Vietnam, SOG commandos also rescued downed helicopter pilots and fellow soldiers, and infiltrated deep into Laos and Cambodia to identify bombing targets, conduct ambushes, mine roads, and capture North Vietnamese soldiers for intelligence purposes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlways outnumbered, they matched wits in the most dangerous environments with an unrelenting foe that hunted them with trackers and dogs. Ten entire teams disappeared and another fourteen were annihilated. This is the dramatic, page-turning true story of that team's dedication, sacrifice, and constant fight for survival. In the \"gripping\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003ci\u003eSecret Commandos\u003c\/i\u003e, John Plaster vividly describes these unique warriors who gave everything fighting for their country--and for each other.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367064469727,"sku":"9781501183454","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/clDk7Mgdz19781501183454.webp?v=1789102294"},{"product_id":"sog-the-secret-wars-of-americas-commandos-in-vietnam-paperback","title":"Sog: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Plaster's riveting account of his covert activities as a member of a special operations team during the Vietnam War is \"a true insider's account, this eye-opening report will leave readers feeling as if they've been given a hot scoop on a highly classified project\" (Publishers Weekly).Code-named the Studies and Observations Group, SOG was the most secret elite US military unit to serve in the Vietnam War--so secret its very existence was denied by the government. Composed entirely of volunteers from such ace fighting units as the Army Green Berets, Air Force Air Commandos, and Navy SEALs, SOG took on the most dangerous covert assignments, in the deadliest and most forbidding theaters of operation. In SOG, Major John L. Plaster, a three-tour SOG veteran, shares the gripping exploits of these true American warriors in a minute-by-minute, heartbeat-by-heartbeat account of the group's stunning operations behind enemy lines--penetrating heavily defended North Vietnamese military facilities, holding off mass enemy attacks, launching daring missions to rescue downed US pilots. Some of the most extraordinary true stories of honor and heroism in the history of the US military, from sabotage to espionage to hand-to-hand combat, Plaster's account is \"a detailed history of this little-known aspect of the Vietnam War...a worthy act of historical rescue from an unjustified, willed oblivion\" (The New York Times).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367065157855,"sku":"9781501183461","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/iRYVmaWymc9781501183461.webp?v=1789102295"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/john-l-plaster.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}