John Stryker ‘Tilt’ Meyer: Across the Fence
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🗓️ 23 February 2022
⏱️ 128 minutes
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Summary
John Stryker Meyer is a highly decorated Special Operations combat veteran, reporter, and author. During his time in the U.S. Army, he specialized in covert reconnaissance as part of the secretive group known as MACV-SOG. Today, the former Green Beret is also known for his books about his experiences in the Vietnam War including Across the Fence: The Secret War in Vietnam, On the Ground, and SOG Chronicles.
He also hosts the podcast, SOGcast: Untold Stories of MAC V SOG. You can find out more about John and his work at sogchronicles.com.
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| 0:00.0 | This is The Danger Close Podcast, beyond the books of me, Jack Carter. |
| 0:16.7 | Welcome to The Danger Close Podcast, Nirenclad Original, presented by Navy Federal Credit |
| 0:21.0 | Union. |
| 0:22.0 | I guess today, John Striker Meyer. |
| 0:24.8 | John served for two tours in Vietnam with SAG, Studies and Observations Group, as a |
| 0:30.0 | Green Beret, Army Special Forces, a group that went behind the lines in Cambodia, |
| 0:34.8 | Laos, and North Vietnam. |
| 0:37.3 | Incredible stories. |
| 0:38.8 | And now, he's written three books, which will hopefully be more in the future. |
| 0:43.2 | The first is Across the Fence, followed by On the Ground, and then SAG Chronicles, volume |
| 0:48.6 | one. |
| 0:49.6 | Just amazing. |
| 0:50.6 | I'm going to read this to set the tone. |
| 0:56.1 | On the battlefields of Vietnam and the glare of media distortions, American Green |
| 0:59.8 | Berets and their indigenous troops by the deadly secret war in Laos, Cambodia, and North |
| 1:05.4 | Vietnam, under the ages of the top secret military assistance command Vietnam, Studies |
| 1:10.6 | and Observations Group, are simply SAG. |
| 1:14.2 | The inaugural edition of SAG Chronicles, volume one, will be the first in a series of books |
| 1:18.1 | focusing on the many untold stories from the eight-year secret war. |
| 1:22.4 | The Green Berets went deep behind enemy lines without conventional support from artillery, |
| 1:27.5 | tanks, or ground support troops, or Communist forces masked 50,000 to 100,000 troops to combat |
| 1:33.4 | them, while keeping the Ho Chi Minh Trail supply lines open. |
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