Post by peterd on Sept 14, 2013 10:09:44 GMT -8
THE SON TAY RAID – The failed Special Forces operation to liberate POWs in Vietnam
AN HISTORIC OPERATION
Shortly before midnight on November 20, 1970, at Udorn Royal Thailand Air Base in Northern Thailand, 56 US Army Special Forces Troopers (Green Berets) boarded two USAF HH-53s and one HH-3 for a mission deep into enemy territory to rescue 75 or more Americans held by the North Vietnamese authorities. These Americans, mostly aviators of all services, were being held under conditions that can be best described as horrible in all respects — torture, diet, lack of medical care and devoid of hope for return to freedom in a timely manner.
www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/son-tay-raid-failed-special-forces-operation-liberate-pows-vietnam.html
AN HISTORIC OPERATION
Shortly before midnight on November 20, 1970, at Udorn Royal Thailand Air Base in Northern Thailand, 56 US Army Special Forces Troopers (Green Berets) boarded two USAF HH-53s and one HH-3 for a mission deep into enemy territory to rescue 75 or more Americans held by the North Vietnamese authorities. These Americans, mostly aviators of all services, were being held under conditions that can be best described as horrible in all respects — torture, diet, lack of medical care and devoid of hope for return to freedom in a timely manner.
www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/son-tay-raid-failed-special-forces-operation-liberate-pows-vietnam.html
