This is Jocco podcast number two oh four with echo Charles and me jocco willing good evening echo good evening

My virtue of the authority vested in me as president of the United States and as commander in chief of the armed forces of the United States

I have today

awarded the presidential unit citation for

extraordinary

heroism to the studies and observations group military assistance command the studies and observation group is cited for

extraordinary heroism great combat achievement and

Unwavering fidelity while executing unheralded top secret missions deep behind enemy lines across Southeast Asia

Incorporating volunteers from all branches of the armed forces and

And especially US Army special forces

Sogs ground air and sea units fought

efficiently denied actions

Which contributed and measurably to the American war effort in Vietnam

Mac V saw reconnaissance teams composed of special forces soldiers and indigenous personnel

penetrated the enemies most dangerous readouts in the jungled

Leotian wilderness and the sanctuaries of eastern Cambodia

pursued by human trackers and even bloodhounds

These small teams outmaneuvered out fought and out ran their numerically superior foe to uncover key enemy facilities

rescue down pilots plant wire traps mines and electronic sensors capture valuable enemy prisoners

ambush convoys discover and assess targets for B 52 strikes and inflict casualties all out of proportion to their own losses

When enemy countermeasures became dangerously effective song operators

Innovated their own counters from high altitude parachuting and unusual explosive devices

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