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02913aam a22004218i 4500 001 DC9A0B70E19111E89124B82197128E48 003 SILO 005 20181106010116 008 180812s2018 mdu b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2018019058 020 $a 1591145740 020 $a 9781591145745 035 $a (OCoLC)1028603000 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-vt--- $a a-vt--- 050 00 $a DS558.92 $b .M67 2018 082 00 $a 959.704/342 $2 23 100 1 $a Moore, Stephen L., $e author. 245 10 $a Uncommon valor : $b the recon company that earned five Medals of Honor and included America's most decorated Green Beret / $c Stephen L. Moore. 263 $a 1809 264 1 $a Annapolis, Maryland : $b Naval Institute Press, $c [2018] 300 $a x, 412 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "Uncommon Valor is about the formation and operation of an advanced Special Forces recon company during the Vietnam War. Code-named the Studies and Observations Group, SOG was the most covert U.S. military unit in its time and contained only volunteers from such elite units as the Army Green Berets, Navy SEALs, and USAF Air Commandos. SOG warriors operated in small teams, going behind enemy lines in Laos and Cambodia and along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, tasked with performing special reconnaissance, sabotaging NVA ammunition, attempting to rescue downed U.S. pilots, and other black ops missions"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The Kontum thirty-three -- Spike teams and hatchet force -- The Montagnard Camp and "Old Blue" -- Prisoner snatching and wire taps -- Code name Bright Light -- Heavy drop -- Daniel Boone and Bob Howard -- Into the hornet's nest -- "They won't take us alive" -- New faces at FOB-2 -- "The big one" -- Enter the gladiator -- The Wolfkeil bright light -- Double take -- Close shaves -- SLAM VII : "shot all to hell" -- Howard's miracle mission -- "No longer a cherry" -- "In the frying pan" -- Casualties of the fall -- "Vietnamese Alamo" -- "A collection of heroes". 610 10 $a United States. $b Studies and Observations Group. $b Studies and Observations Group. 610 10 $a United States. $b Special Forces. $b Special Forces. 650 0 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $x Commando operations $z United States. 650 0 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $x Reconnaissance operations, American. 650 0 $a Medal of Honor. 650 0 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $x Regimental histories $z United States. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Moore, Stephen L., author. $t Uncommon valor $d Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2018] $z 9781682473122 $w (DLC) 2018042541 941 $a 2 952 $l RFPC397 $d 20200214010641.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20181106013104.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DC9A0B70E19111E89124B82197128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search