operation report information
for SOG
For date 690305
SOG was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Operation SPINDOWN
Laos
Description: The NVA were positioning AA weapons around the hill as helicopter resupplies were conducted. An F-4 accidentally dropped napalm on part of the Hatchet Force, killing six Montagnards. When NVA mortars wounded the force’s only recoilless rifle crew, RT South Carolina was inserted to reinforce the crew.
The source for this information was SOG by Plaster P:260
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