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ST Idaho: The special Forces team that vanished
[Sandboxx] A special operations team inserted into Laos for a covert operation.The men of ST Idaho, two Americans and four South Vietnamese indigenous troops, were tasked with locating enemy forces and activity in the A Shau Valley, close to the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The Tet Offensive earlier that year had caught U.S. forces by surprise, and commanders were constantly anxious to know the location of large enemy formations and their intentions. A snake-like tunnel and trail system that passed through nominally neutral Cambodia and Laos, the Ho Chi Minh Trail furnished North Vietnamese troops and Vietcong guerillas with materiel and supplies as they took the war to the South. The Trail was also ideal to move divisions of troops closer to the targets. ST Idaho was comprised of One-Zero, or team leader, Glen Oliver Lane, One-One, or assistant team leader Robert Duval Owen, and four skilled South Vietnamese indigenous troops. The highly experienced ST Idaho inserted on the morning hours of May 20, 1968. They sent the standard "Team Okay," over the net. That was the last time anyone heard or saw them. Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-05-29 |
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