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Джон Страйкер Мейер. "По ту сторону забора"
Эта книга посвящается всем членам разведывательных групп SOG, как американским спецназовцам, так и местным бойцам, а также всем людям из всех подразделений воздушной поддержки, особенно пилотам "Кингби" 219-й эскадрильи специальных операций ВВС Южного Вьетнама, которые ежедневно работали с группами SOG на земле, по ту сторону ограды, в секретной войне Америки.
В тексте обратил внимание на:
Они говорили о Спайк Тим Алабама с FOB 1, потерявшей всех американцев кроме одного, сержанта Джона Аллена, чудом выжившего в том испытании.
Гугл и впечатляющая, незаурядная история.
http://taskforceomegainc.org/k369.html
On 3 May 1968, SSgt. John Allen, team leader; SP5 Kenneth "Ken" Cryan, assistant team leader; PFC Paul C. King, Jr., medic/radio operator, and 6 Nung tribesmen, comprised "RT Alabama," a reconnaissance team conducting an intelligence gathering mission in the rugged, isolated and hotly contested jungle covered mountains of extreme eastern Laos believed to conceal an entire NVA division that had been pushed out of the A Shau Valley when the 1st Cavalry Division swept it.
RT Alabama was inserted by helicopter into their area of operation. As the aircraft neared the landing zone (LZ), the Americans saw bunkers, trails and hootches flash by beneath the trees. Once safely on the ground and with no sign of the NVA at the LZ, SSgt. Allen chose to radio the customary "Team OK" before moving out.
Roughly an hour into the mission, John Allen signaled the team to halt as he whispered to Ken Cryan, "This don't look right, don't smell right, just don't feel right." The team leader signaled his men to stay in place while he and one of the Nungs crept forward. They moved only about 250 yards when the foliage opened into a man made clearing with upper tree branches tied together to form a natural camouflage. In the middle of the clearing stood an elaborate bamboo and palm leaf house that was obviously a major NVA headquarters with soldiers coming and going. Beyond the headquarters building and dug into the hillside was a tunnel so wide that two men walking side by side could easily enter it. SSgt. Allen snapped several photos of the complex, and then quietly returned to his team's position.
Ken Cryan reported several NVA had passed nearby. Thinking that they were enemy trackers, SSgt. Allen determined it was wise to change locations. The Americans heard shouts from their left and brush breaking on their back trail. Minutes later the pointman led them across a freshly constructed high-speed trail they thought led directly into the headquarters area they just discovered. With enemy voices only 50 yards behind them, RT Alabama increased its pace to a trot. They heard more Vietnamese voices and crashing brush coming from their right and rear as they crossed another well developed trail.
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Джон Страйкер Мейер. "По ту сторону забора"
Эта книга посвящается всем членам разведывательных групп SOG, как американским спецназовцам, так и местным бойцам, а также всем людям из всех подразделений воздушной поддержки, особенно пилотам "Кингби" 219-й эскадрильи специальных операций ВВС Южного Вьетнама, которые ежедневно работали с группами SOG на земле, по ту сторону ограды, в секретной войне Америки.
В тексте обратил внимание на:
Они говорили о Спайк Тим Алабама с FOB 1, потерявшей всех американцев кроме одного, сержанта Джона Аллена, чудом выжившего в том испытании.
Гугл и впечатляющая, незаурядная история.
http://taskforceomegainc.org/k369.html
On 3 May 1968, SSgt. John Allen, team leader; SP5 Kenneth "Ken" Cryan, assistant team leader; PFC Paul C. King, Jr., medic/radio operator, and 6 Nung tribesmen, comprised "RT Alabama," a reconnaissance team conducting an intelligence gathering mission in the rugged, isolated and hotly contested jungle covered mountains of extreme eastern Laos believed to conceal an entire NVA division that had been pushed out of the A Shau Valley when the 1st Cavalry Division swept it.
RT Alabama was inserted by helicopter into their area of operation. As the aircraft neared the landing zone (LZ), the Americans saw bunkers, trails and hootches flash by beneath the trees. Once safely on the ground and with no sign of the NVA at the LZ, SSgt. Allen chose to radio the customary "Team OK" before moving out.
Roughly an hour into the mission, John Allen signaled the team to halt as he whispered to Ken Cryan, "This don't look right, don't smell right, just don't feel right." The team leader signaled his men to stay in place while he and one of the Nungs crept forward. They moved only about 250 yards when the foliage opened into a man made clearing with upper tree branches tied together to form a natural camouflage. In the middle of the clearing stood an elaborate bamboo and palm leaf house that was obviously a major NVA headquarters with soldiers coming and going. Beyond the headquarters building and dug into the hillside was a tunnel so wide that two men walking side by side could easily enter it. SSgt. Allen snapped several photos of the complex, and then quietly returned to his team's position.
Ken Cryan reported several NVA had passed nearby. Thinking that they were enemy trackers, SSgt. Allen determined it was wise to change locations. The Americans heard shouts from their left and brush breaking on their back trail. Minutes later the pointman led them across a freshly constructed high-speed trail they thought led directly into the headquarters area they just discovered. With enemy voices only 50 yards behind them, RT Alabama increased its pace to a trot. They heard more Vietnamese voices and crashing brush coming from their right and rear as they crossed another well developed trail.
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