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Operation Ivory Coast: MAJ George Petrie
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Major George Petrie served in the U.S. Army Special Forces in Vietnam. He was a member of MACV-SOG, and was the first soldier to hit the ground during the Son Tay Raid.
MACV or “Military Assistance Command, Vietnam”, was a highly classified, multi-service special operations unit consisting in part of US Army Special Forces, Navy SEALs, and CIA personnel in Vietnam. SOG, or “Studies and Observations Group”, was a subcomponent of MACV that provided on the ground intelligence to and conducted operations, including reconnaissance missions, evacuations, prisoner captures, and much more from control sites across Vietnam.
In this interview, Petrie recounts Operation Ivory Coast (Son Tay Raid), a significant POW rescue operation.
Petrie also served in Panama and the Dominican Republic.
You can read more about Petrie here.
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220 episodi
Manage episode 438271175 series 2888615
Major George Petrie served in the U.S. Army Special Forces in Vietnam. He was a member of MACV-SOG, and was the first soldier to hit the ground during the Son Tay Raid.
MACV or “Military Assistance Command, Vietnam”, was a highly classified, multi-service special operations unit consisting in part of US Army Special Forces, Navy SEALs, and CIA personnel in Vietnam. SOG, or “Studies and Observations Group”, was a subcomponent of MACV that provided on the ground intelligence to and conducted operations, including reconnaissance missions, evacuations, prisoner captures, and much more from control sites across Vietnam.
In this interview, Petrie recounts Operation Ivory Coast (Son Tay Raid), a significant POW rescue operation.
Petrie also served in Panama and the Dominican Republic.
You can read more about Petrie here.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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