VIETNAM WAR AUTHENTIC AUDIO - SOG Recon Team on a Cross-border mission in Laos is under attack

[@idontno0]

The books are amazing. Hearing some of these guys speak on Jocko's podcast and his sogcast is absolutely incredible. I implore everywhere to listen to them.

[@TheRavenHistoryChannel]

I agree. Great podcast ❤️ I will try to find a way to promote it

[@BigStickGuy]

@@TheRavenHistoryChannel You're doing alot by uploading videos like these. Thank you!!!!

[@ToxiicThePharmacist]

Plaster helped Mitchel a lot "emotionally" because when Mitchel's team stopped to talk on the radio, etc. the Montagnards moved because they thought the team was going to die, Mitchel at first said "I can't call for air support, the indigenous are still out there" and Plaster said "the indigenous made their decision, now get you out of this" and luckily he did also at the time when David Mixter died from an enemy RPG, Mitchel went into denial and didn't want to move because his great friend was there on the ground dead, he said "Lurch is there, I can see him, I can't leave him here", Plaster said over the radio "Mitchel, Lurch is dead, there's no going back, we shouldn't worry about the dead now, we should worry about the living" and again luckily he responded affirmatively to Plaster, but it seems that this didn't appear in this recording for some reason. You can see this this was said by Plaster himself in SOG CAST that it was made by Tilt

[@ToxiicThePharmacist]

Mitchel was very brave at that time, he had to see his indigenous troops abandon him in the heat of the moment, he had to see one of his best friends dead on the ground with his chest covered in blood in a fraction of 10 minutes without collapsing in NVA fire

[@TheRavenHistoryChannel]

Great additional information 👌 Thank you

[@vSwampFox]

I feel this lends credibility to the things also Zlotnik brings up. Here in the audio of the event, we don't hear what Plaster says he said, to Mitchel on the podcast. Were they on a different freq? when he said this?

[@ToxiicThePharmacist]

@@vSwampFox yep, they were in different freq. Plaster said that in the podcast. It was right after the americans lost contact with the indigs

[@vSwampFox]

@@ToxiicThePharmacist and then they swap back? I mean I never heard them comm to switch? How would they? Either-way you can hear Mitchel say “Lurch is dead” but then he’s walked over by Panther and White. Plaster then tells him to hang on. Wish we had the equipment to isolate the chatter.

[@richardclary6267]

Thank you for uploading this my father was a Green Beret in Vietnam 3 tours 2 purple hearts

[@cbrown9555]

Liar, liar, pants on fire

[@doodahman2995]

Thanks for being a good son and mentioning him. Semper Fi 🇺🇲

[@dg7708]

​@cbrown9555 not all of the green berets in Vietnam went over the fence into Laos or Cambodia. Plenty worked in Vietnam proper. Not all worked for macv-sog. Would be easy to verify if we knew the man's name

[@bobs1728]

John Plaster is one of the many legends of SOG. Author of several books.

[@TheRavenHistoryChannel]

Yes 😊 Got his books. Great reading

[@Shogun8888]

I finished reading secret commandos. Incredible book.

[@TheRavenHistoryChannel]

Yes. Not sure how many times I've read it 😊

[@greasyflight6609]

Plastic Man

[@bjk204]

I have read a couple. Great SOG writer.

[@tylergottschalk5612]

SOG is absolutely nuts. Those guys were the most extreme warriors the US military has ever seen. One of the most entertaining guys to listen to is Dick Thompson 20+ SOG missions one mission in contact from 2100 til 1900 calling CBU’s on his position and living to tell about he has 2 books that once I picked them up they didn’t get put down. He was an absolute ninja. SOG Codename Dynamite Books 1 & 2….

[@daniellizotte5285]

My dad was a tellitype specialist and he always hinted around about sog..he came from ft brag to vietnam. Unbelievable stories I have listened to from TILt (67to68 )

[@MrAhaus-gu4fn]

Another awesome video! Thanks for adding context to the audio. Definitely helps

[@TheRavenHistoryChannel]

Thank you for appreciating it 😊

[@phillamoore157]

This was absolutely incredible to listen to. And, your comments made this comprehendible, or it would just sound like gibberish. Incredibly well done…..THANK YOU. These SOG stories are beyond extraordinary. Bravery doesn’t begin to describe these warriors.

[@AirborneAnt]

There are 2 separate radio frequencies being played here at the same time…(1st) the covey in the air talking to the ground team…and (2nd) the station all the pilots in the AO are on talking to each other…

[@TheRavenHistoryChannel]

Probably more than 2 frequencies.

[@dabsindeeddabsindeed7205]

Whiskey tango foxtrot is a hell of a book. Lynn black wrote it ..his 1 0 was a praying coward the whole mission. Crazy

[@DannyRedCheeks]

I don’t think it’s fair to call anyone who volunteered for these type of missions a coward Especially since you weren’t there Had you been would you be the praying coward? It’s easy to talk smack about ppl from the comfort of your house I doubt you’d have said that to the man’s face though As a matter of fact I know you wouldn’t

[@DLo336]

Damn this made my stomach turn, hearing a SOG ReconMan in fear saying “there’s only two of us and Charlie is on our ass” god that has to be the loneliest feeling in the world

[@taylorhobbs1339]

That also gave me chills. I listened to that about 10 times in a row. Those guys had serious balls.

[@DLo336]

@@taylorhobbs1339 my father in law was a 1-1 on a few different teams. Most notably Montana. He talked enough that we knew he was SOG. But the men I got to meet and stories that were told after he passed really laid out SOME of what he done over there. Welcome Home SnakeEaters!

[@yourneighbourhoodfriendlyg3072]

The saddest part is that he doesn't even sound sure that it's just the two of them, he's probably also worried he's about to bring fire on his mates that COULD still be alive. Being a LRRP had to make you feel quite helpless in those situations.

[@TheAllooSk]

I heard bits of this on other videos and I'm very glad that you added some additional context. Great vid.

[@Shogun8888]

I just got Across the fence by Tilt. Amazing book.

[@TheRavenHistoryChannel]

Across the Fence, by John Stryker Meyer?

[@Shogun8888]

@@TheRavenHistoryChannel yes

[@TheRavenHistoryChannel]

@@Shogun8888 That is a great book

[@eklypised]

SOG missions were some of the craziest

[@TheRavenHistoryChannel]

Yes indeed

[@machstem6390]

Th is is unbelievably interesting. Those teams. The stories. Unreal

[@TheRavenHistoryChannel]

Yes, it is indeed incredible

[@machstem6390]

@@TheRavenHistoryChannel do you have more of this kind of stuff?

[@TheRavenHistoryChannel]

@@machstem6390 Yes. I will post as soon as I get some time 😊

[@DannyRedCheeks]

It’s amazing how calm and collected they all are despite being fired upon in the air and being in serious trouble on the ground I have been watching sogcast with john Stryker Meyer and the men of SOG are owed a huge debt by this country for their bravery and service to our country Keep in mind these men are in their early 20s during all this I couldn’t even imagine being on the ground in the jungle with all the wildlife that could kill u but to then have hundreds of enemy soldiers out hunting you

[@mikejohnson5900]

This was amazing. Prairie Fire is a scary condition. You can hear all the Air traffic checking in to help.

[@TheRavenHistoryChannel]

Yes indeed. Often a really big operation to get the teams out, inflicting huge losses on the NVA

[@dougdillon1271]

This is absolutely remarkable. Thank you!

[@fl-xb2pg]

It's really hard to listen to the best fighters in the world in a world of hurt, when you know now (hind sight) they were waking into a trap. Most likely from information passed by vc sympathizers in their own teams. Makes me sad and pissed at the same time.

[@tnreprasentog7769]

Yeah there was 100% a mole in SOG when they realized it was way to late and we were pulling out..

[@elpanchosancho2]

Right it is hard to hear about the world's best war fighters in a world of hurt( I'm talking about the vc of course) but you have to give it up to America for trying to man up

[@mikefitzpatrick43]

​@@elpanchosancho2millions of them died. They were good soldiers but many of them died. We lost politically

[@elpanchosancho2]

@@mikefitzpatrick43 so if we kept funding the war and been pro war we would have won? You're smoked out.

[@mikefitzpatrick43]

@@elpanchosancho2 i didn't say that you said they were better soldiers and I'm simply saying when they didn't have the advantage in numbers they lost most battles straight up. Meaning they were not better is my argument. I agree it was a worthless war i don't no how you switched that up. Many MACV units were greatly outnumbered and still often took out alot of them.

[@drphilthyasmr194]

Timeless bravery

[@mauriciopalacio6713]

War is Brutal and the conditions are terrible, How I wish I could have been there. 🏴‍☠️

[@operatorlaws6549]

🔥🔥

[@anthonydangelo6165]

i feel u bro

[@CandC68]

I was there, not as heavy as this mission though. Years later people made comments like yours. "I missed not being in Vietnam." You didn't miss a damn thing.

[@operatorlaws6549]

@@CandC68 I would love to have served in Vietnam for my country.

[@phillamoore157]

Such an odd concept to long to be a part of such an evil, horrible experience. But, I also envy the sense of purpose, brotherhood, and sense of achievement these men will take to their grave. A college degree, and subsequent mediocre career damn-sure isn’t going to give you that (at least not on that level). My #1 regret in life was not joining the military, and going for an elite group. And, today our military has turned into a dumpster-fire I wouldn’t send my worst enemy to serve in.

[@saltyassassin]

This was recorded 5 days after I was born... Jan 24, 1971. My Pop's had just got back from his second Nam tour.

[@richardclary6267]

May not be Your father with a 13 month deployment

[@mikechrister2736]

Awesome thanks

[@davidrobinson8337]

Bravest of the Brave, Bar None!

[@TheRavenHistoryChannel]

No doubt. Put in far behind enemy lines with a small team, often being hunted by hundreds or even thousands of angry NVA... Crazy brave

[@williamP1972]

This is more intense and far more realistic in reality AS THIS IS REAL WAR UP CLOSE. far more than any movie you could ever watch. You can feel the fear.

[@friscostreetstories5403]

Once you read about this particular mission, and can separate the radio traffic, the hair stands up on ones neck just closing your eyes and listening and imagining.

[@greasyflight6609]

You do not have to like it...but you have to show up

[@greasyflight6609]

Rip Mixter....unreal soldiers

[@daniellizotte5285]

Freaking amazing people

[@0point0]

John Plaster writes about this Prairie Fire in his book Secret Commandos on pages 312-317.

[@koolaidcrusade7776]

Also talks about it on Tilts podcast sogcast in good detail

[@JoeMcCohn]

Czy ta łączność radiowa była w jakikolwiek sposób kodowana czy Vietcong też mógł ją słyszeć ?

[@shellybastion9974]

Get anything on RT-Alaska?

[@tracker-one-niner]

Is this the mission where John Plaster was flying covy???

[@greasyflight6609]

Yes I think he was shot down in a riding in a FAC...not sure though

[@Xxiluv2snip3xX]

Anyone subtitles this?

[@NesquikYeeeaaah]

What happened to the team with Mitchell and lurk, it's hard to follow what's going on since there's 2 transmissions playing

[@greasyflight6609]

Controlled Chaos

[@mattperry5789]

They got out. John plaster is the covey rider, he talks about it in his SOG cast interview with John Stryker Meyer

[@tomp4596]

Lurch dies in this one

[@vSwampFox]

Has Quebec ever been identified? Is he also the one who apologizes saying he was yelling because of the ordnance? Is he the same man that says there is 6 more on the ground?

[@greasyflight6609]

Not sure...cannot imagine...

[@apstephens97]

Yes he is the same on who says there's still 6 on the gound

[@greasyflight6609]

Over the wire

[@greasyflight6609]

"These Guys Can Do It"

[@greasyflight6609]

Mixter was hit on the ground...I think Plaster survived the war

[@stonyman82nd57]

Holy shit...nervous af now

[@greasyflight6609]

What is Plater doing in an OV 10?

[@ChristianAdam-r8u]

Riding Covey

[@donein6518]

This gives me goosebumps

[@Scott-gt6od]

68-70 phoniex program.

[@greasyflight6609]

This was across the border...Phoenix was internal

[@Scott-gt6od]

​@@greasyflight6609phoniex wasn't just internal....get your facts straight

[@greasyflight6609]

@@Scott-gt6od To my knowledge the Phoenix Program was a secretly funded CIA directed attempt to cripple the Viet Cong infrastructure...liquidate Viet Cong political and military leadership....within the borders of the Republic of South Vietnam...particularly the Mekong Delta where Navy Seals were primary protagonists. I have never heard that "this program" was in Cambodia or Laos. There were many other Special Operations conducted by US and Indigenous forces...counter insurgency...strike...recon and Psy Ops both internal and external. Please correct me if I am misinformed.

[@BobTex01]

When the US departed RVN, phoenix came home to US.

[@greasyflight6609]

Assets for extraction?

[@greasyflight6609]

Just a note...more Canadians served in Vietnam than dodgers were up here

[@Austinf111]

Some even ran sog recon missions as well.

[@mrcurlydad]

Is that mad dog 1-6?

[@alpenglow1235]

War is the failure of diplomacy.

[@TheRavenHistoryChannel]

Yes, it sure is 🥺

[@phillamoore157]

100% true, in the case of wars that never had to be fought. But, dictators don’t give a flying f**k about “diplomacy”. Hitler was a hell of a diplomat as long as you were doing what he wanted you to do, which usually involved dying. Take a look at the corrupt, pigs running our country today. They could care less about diplomacy. Their way is not only the right, way, but the only way. Peace only works when you’re dealing with rational people. Just sayin’…

[@greasyflight6609]

War is Politics by other means' Clausewitz

[@greasyflight6609]

David Mister...unreal

[@DLo336]

Mixter

[@greasyflight6609]

@@DLo336 11

[@greasyflight6609]

The no tell zone

[@greasyflight6609]

I am sure where every he was was positive

[@binjuice59]

Absolutely no r/t discipline..everyone talking over each other not good

[@TheRavenHistoryChannel]

This is a recording of several frequencies. Not everyone would be able to hear all this chatter. The SOG-team on the ground would only communicate with "Plasticman", the Covey. Covey would coordinate everything with the team on the ground, the inbound helicopters, air support, and a Bright Light unit if necessary.