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Today marks 10 years since the death of Larry Grathwohl, who “risked his life to defend his nation" from the terroristic Weather Underground.

The Air Force’s 20th Special Operations Squadron was dubbed the “Green Hornets.” They flew the Sikorsky CH-3C and CH-3E and Bell UH-1F/P Huey.

How a daring mission behind enemy lines turned into a disaster for the USs secretive Vietnam-era special operators insider@insider.com (Stavros Atlamazoglou) © US Air Force/Capt. Billie D Tedford Two US Air Force Bell UH-1P helicopters from the 20th Special Operations Squadron fly into Cambodia, around 1970 US Air Force/Capt. Billie D Tedford In May 1967, US special operators and Vietnamese troops went behind enemy lines to take out North Vietnams top general. The mission led...

US Air Force/Capt. Billie D Tedford In May 1967, US special operators and Vietnamese troops went behind enemy lines to take out North Vietnams top general. The mission led by the secretive MACV-SOG quickly went wrong, and US forces spent days fighting just to keep them alive. Fifty-four years ago, a group of American and indigenous commandos fought for their very lives in a small, far away valley in one of the boldest special-operations missions of the Vietnam War....

US Army/1st Lt. Ryan DeBooy During the Vietnam War, US commandos developed an insertion and extraction method that is still used today. Now, with conflict in Southeast or East Asia a growing prospect, its an increasingly relevant but still risky method. During the Vietnam War, American commandos developed an insertion and extraction method for operations in the jungle that is still used by todays special operators. The Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction (SPIE) sys...