Jerry “Mad Dog” Shriver started his deployment in 1966, and for almost 3 and a half years he kept extending. He spent over 1,000 days in country. Instead of debriefing and relaxing after a mission, Shriver would sneak out and tag along with another team for another patrol.

Got some Jerry Shriver and 20th SOS stories on tap for this morning ⚔️⚡️☠️ Inserting Jerry Shriver on HIS MOST DANGEROUS OP's - 20th SOS Door-Gunn... youtube.com/live/UVJYMz0MW_o… via @YouTube

We got some EPIC Jerry Shriver stories today!! Stories you’ve not heard ad nauseam , and from guys WHO ACTUALLY KNEW JERRY!! We have part two tomorrow with 3 more crazy Jerry operations that Ron supported, with the last one, they both were hit w AK FIRE ⚡️⚔️ This Jerry at the Duc Co or Duc Lap MLS with his teammates waiting to go in.. You can see that blonde hair on the fella looking back in the distance Link to today’s stories -youtube.com/live/bf46-XX65FM… Link to tomorrow- youtube.com/live/UVJYMz0MW_o…

GREEN Hornet Show at 11:45 with a door gunner who flew Jerry and Jim Bolen Operations his entire tour ⚡️🇺🇸⚔️ Flying Jerry Shriver- 20th SOS "Green Hornet" Door Gunner - Ron "Bullwin... youtube.com/live/bf46-XX65FM… via @YouTube

THE CIVILIAN FAC WHO HELPED RUN VIETNAM’S HIDDEN WAR Most people remember the fighter pilots, helicopter crews, and Special Forces teams of Vietnam. Few remember the civilian who connected them all. By 1972, John Paul Vann was no longer an Army officer. Officially, he worked for CORDS, Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support, the massive pacification and intelligence organization that fused military operations, CIA programs, local intelligence networks, and South Vietnamese government efforts into a single machine. Unofficially? He became one of the most influential men in the war. From the cockpit and back seats of Hueys flying across the Central Highlands, Vann moved between intelligence briefings, forward operating bases, FAC aircraft, and combat commanders. He spent countless hours coordinating the flow of information from village informants, reconnaissance patrols, aerial observers, and intelligence officers to the men dropping bombs and directing gunships. The hidden war depended on information. FACs in O-1 Bird Dogs and OV-10 Broncos searched for enemy movements. Intelligence teams collected reports from remote villages. Reconnaissance patrols watched infiltration routes. Helicopters carried advisors and intelligence officers into places inaccessible by road. CORDS connected all of it. And few understood that system better than Vann. During the 1972 Easter Offensive, as North Vietnamese forces pushed toward Kontum, Vann became a constant presence over the battlefield. Flying from one command post to another, he coordinated intelligence, advised commanders, directed air support requests, and helped turn information into action. This was not the conventional war seen on television. This was the gray zone where intelligence, aviation, and counterinsurgency merged. A world of FAC aircraft circling overhead, Hueys carrying advisors between remote outposts, classified intelligence reports arriving from the field, and air strikes launched against targets identified through a complex network of sources. On June 9, 1972, shortly after helping save Kontum, Vann was killed when his UH-1H Huey crashed in poor weather. He died the same way he had fought the war, moving through the skies of Vietnam, connecting intelligence to aviation and aviation to combat power. Long before “network-centric warfare” became a military buzzword, John Paul Vann was already doing it from the back of a Huey. The aircraft were visible. The intelligence network behind them was not. #JohnPaulVann #CORDS #VietnamWar #FAC #ForwardAirController #Huey #UH1 #OV10Bronco #BirdDog #CIAHistory #PhoenixProgram #MilitaryIntelligence #AviationHistory #CovertOperations #SpecialOperations #VietnamAviation #EasterOffensive #Kontum #ColdWarHistory #AircraftHistoryJunky

Hopefully, this article will help push this into the spotlight. 300,000 Veterans Still Can't Access Some Benefits Because Their War Was Never Recognized military.com/300000-veterans…

Live 1st Force Recon & Battle of HILL 510 survivor- Author Michael Hobbs youtube.com/live/CwWwMqcndM4… via @YouTube

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Courtesy of Chris Jensen - “Here are a few photos I took at FSB Ripcord in July 1970. I was there with two other guys from the 221st Signal Company, Jim Saller and Jerry Dubro. Short version (apologies if I explained this previously) is we asked the public information officer at Camp Eagle to help us get to Ripcord. He said neither civilians nor military photographers were allowed and we should go back to Long Binh. We decided to follow the advice of photographer Al Rockoff not to get caught up in military regulations: What are they going to do? Send us to Vietnam? We went to the dust-off pad and asked if we could hook a ride the next time they went to Ripcord. When we arrived, Lt. Col. Lucas told us we were not allowed to go to the bush, but we could stay on the firebase. Mostly, these are self-explanatory. But guy with arms in the air is celebrating an F4 strike. You can just make out the Phantom at the top. Guy coming out of a bunker hit seconds before by a mortar.”

Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God.

The Forgotten Legends: Guns A Go-Go – The Heaviest Gunships of Vietnam These weren’t your average Chinooks (Shitooks). In 1965, the U.S. Army took four massive CH-47A Chinooks and turned them into absolute flying fortresses, the ACH-47A “Guns A Go-Go” program. Each beast carried 2,562 pounds of armor and enough firepower to match EIGHT Huey gunships: • 2 × 20mm cannons • 40mm grenade launcher • 5 × .50-cal machine guns • 38 × 2.75-inch rockets The four legends: • Co$t of Living — Lost when its own 20mm cannon malfunctioned and shot off its rotors. • Stump Jumper — Crashed after a brutal forced landing. • Birth Control — Shot down during the Tet Offensive battle for Hue… but its crew was heroically rescued under heavy fire by the last bird standing. • Easy Money — The SOLE SURVIVOR. Flew 927 combat hours, took hits saving Birth Control’s crew, and is STILL on display today at Redstone Arsenal rocking that shark-mouth nose art. They hammered LZs, escorted troops, and made the enemy disappear on call. Not all were secret project, these were bold, in your face Army innovation running full-time combat trials with the 1st Cavalry Division. Legacy lives on: In 2006, the 160th SOAR Night Stalkers revived the “Guns A Go-Go” name and patch for their elite MH-47 special ops Chinooks, a direct tribute to these Vietnam legends. Raw power. Real history. Pure badassery. Drop a 🤙🏼if you’d fly one of these beasts. Which nickname hits hardest? Comment below! #GunsAGoGo #ACH47A #ChinookGunship #VietnamGunships #EasyMoney #NightStalkers #160thSOAR #MilitaryAviation #WarHelicopters #ArmyAviationLegends

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