SOG Kontum, Joe Parnar
SOG Kontum, Joe Parnar
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SOG Kontum
Secret Missions in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia 1968–1969

Author: Joe Parnar, Robert Dumont

Narrator: Corey M. Snow

Unabridged: 9 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/11/2023


Synopsis

The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) was a highly classified, multi-service United States Special Forces unit which conducted covert unconventional warfare operations prior to and during the Vietnam War. The unit conducted strategic reconnaissance missions in South Vietnam, North Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia; carried out the capture of enemy prisoners, rescued downed pilots, and conducted rescue operations to retrieve allied prisoners of war throughout Southeast Asia; and conducted clandestine agent team activities and psychological operations.

This book tells the story of the Teams operating out of FOB2 Kontum, near the tri-border area, in 1968–69. From recon missions over the fence to the heroic, and sometimes fatal efforts undertaken to try and rescue missing SOG members, the events are told through the words of the men themselves, supported by previously unreleased official documents.

About Joe Parnar

Joe Parnar served in the US Army Special Forces from August 1966 to April 1969. After military service he became involved with several veterans' organizations. He is a thirty-nine-year member of the American Legion and served as Commander of Gardner Post 129 in 1989 and 1990. He is a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, Vietnam Veterans of America, and the Special Forces and Special Operations associations.


Reviews

Goodreads review by James on June 15, 2023

Incredible stories. Insane missions happening on what must have been some of the most gorgeous territory on earth if it wasn't so full of human death. The miracle is anyone survived these crazy, small-team assignments in Laos and Cambodia. "SOG: Kontum" is packed with the kind of grainy black-and-whi......more

Goodreads review by jim bowen on August 29, 2023

needed a script Writer There are several blatant blunders that a ghost writer would have seen and corrected. One glaring one was the rescue of a lost troop , without his gear or rifle, who said that he saw white men setting up something on tripods, but his debriefing was not mentioned…......more

Goodreads review by Steve on June 27, 2025

Can’t help but think SOG members had a death wish. To continue participating time after time of close encounters with mortality takes an uncommon individual. Recounting the missions with the different perspectives of the of the team members makes the book 5Stars. These soldiers are the personificati......more

Goodreads review by Gary on July 05, 2024

Well researched and written account. Very well written account of the actions the MACV SOG warriors undertook in Vietnam. A good and exciting account of the wat there from their own perspective.......more

Goodreads review by William C. Sneed on October 10, 2023

An excellent read detailing the role of MACV -SOG's secret missions, that these heroic warriors fought. I highly recommend this to all veterans to celebrate the lives and sacrifices that these brave warriors accomplished.......more