In this three-part series, we bring you stories of MACV-SOG, a highly classified special-operations unit that conducted covert, unconventional warfare missions in places where U.S. troops weren’t supposed to go. Listen and Subscribe to the Echoes Podcast: http://www.vvmf.org/echoes EP88: The Secret War, Part 1 - https://www.vvmf.org/echoes/ep88 EP89: The Secret War, Part 2 - https://www.vvmf.org/echoes/ep89 EP90: The Secret War, Part 3 - https://www.vvmf.org/echoes/ep90 | Vietnam Veterans Memori

Some of the most important missions in American history were never meant to be known. MACV-SOG operated in the shadows of Vietnam, executing some of the most dangerous and consequential Special Operations missions ever undertaken. For decades, much of what they did remained classified, even within the Special Operations community. But their impact shaped everything that came after, from how Special Forces fight to how they think. Fran Racioppi joined Chairman of the Green Beret Foundation, retir