Stavros Atlamazoglou | June 9, 2021 If a conflict in U.S. history ever came with baggage, it has to be the Vietnam War. Although the service and actions of the millions of Americans who fought in Southeast Asia have been slowly recognized, the unpopularity of the war at the time, and for many years after,…
Our story begins in Vietnam, where members of a highly classified US special ops unit – known as MACV-SOG – carried a unique combat knife into the jungle on covert missions. Years later, in 1986, that knife inspired a young designer, named Spencer Frazer, to found SOG Specialty Knives. His mission: to reproduce the original…
by Jan-Phillip Weisswange (esut.de) On the night of October 17-18, 1977, GSG 9 carried out “Operation Magic Fire” to free the hijacked Lufthansa plane “Landshut”. The badge specially made for the ceremony “40 Years of Magic Fire” (Photo: JPW) It is still regarded today as a lesson for successful commando operations. And it is proof…
