Reddit reviews Across The Fence: The Secret War in Vietnam (Expanded Edition)

Reading a bunch of books like Across the Fence, special forces weren't the guys who can run triathlons in a plate carrier and live at the range like they are today. They were tough as hell and insane enough to volunteer for the most dangerous shit MACV could devise.

That book I mentioned, the dude only describes one aimed shot he took with his CAR-15. The rest is getting contact and just going cyclic with 20 round magazines until they could call in air and get the hell out.

Wouldn't be surprised if most of those guys weren't expert pistol shots.

That being said, I think Hopper was probably just a regular grunt.

Also chiming in that this is well worth listening to. Also the guy’s book (or one of them) is only 3 bucks on Amazon on kindle.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004XMOISG/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525962826&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=across+the+fence+by+john+stryker+meyer&dpPl=1&dpID=51-aa2HrNNL&ref=plSrch

OK- Here is the crash course for learning what SOG was, what they did, and how they did it, written by the few men who actually survived!

There is a FANTASTIC new book called wE few just came out and is fantastic. Manages to intertwine constant humor with suicidal missions. author is legit hilarious at the right times, and somber when things went wrong, 100% top recommend.

And you can never go wrong with Secret Commandos, and

Across the Fence

on the ground

SOG

The Dying Place

By Honor Bound: Two Navy SEALs, the Medal of Honor, and a Story of Extraordinary Courage The SEAL Tom Norris was a part of MacvSOG, and his feats are the most amazing from the entire war

whiskey tango foxtrot) RT Alabama had 12 men facing off against over 3000 NVA for an entire day

SOG Chronicles: Volume One

Stryker, Black, Plaster, and Norris have been active in telling the story of SOG for a few decades after it was all declassified in the 90's.

There were definitely boots on the ground in Cambodia. This is quite a good memoir that describes what happened on the ground. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Across-Fence-John-Stryker-Meyer-ebook/dp/B004XMOISG/ref