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CONTENTS

AlHH II YPSl WKOW VOL. 2

miSSiOn 10; Year of the Monkey 2

miSSiOn 1ft The French 20

nHSSlOn 12: Happy Holiday 56

miSSIOn 13: Rats's Vacation 68

The Start of the SOG Recon Team 116

LRRP Training 118

Phantoms of the Jungle 122

Weapons of the Auslrailain SAS 130

'Bonus
Motofumi's Workshop 132
Postscripts 135
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HOTOFUMI KOBAYASHI
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nun. The
Kmcjn Amiv Tlw Rqnihlk' (if Korea
North Vhtllwt— ihr Whtta Hoist, Blur '"'!-' il lli^r .h.m.hiiv
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isv«ry IMPORTAWT FOOTPRIUTS... MAKE
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sure you pout u
WHEW VOU-RB OH Y TRACE, OR
necou. THE EUEMy WILL
_ TRACK YOU.
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MOVE THE
TANKS AMP
PISPATCH A
SEARCH LIMIT.

IFIOT MAO
ZEPOWS-
FOLUOWIMS
PAUPA. AU
THAT BAM8O0
MUSTVE ROTT6P
AWAY HIS
8RAIW.
 for every hour of
movement, stop 15
minutes to look for
siews OF THE
ewEMy.

LATER, PURIUS
THE KOREAN WAR,
A RESERVE POLICE
FORCE WAS
ESTABLfSHEP
TO PEAL WITH THE
COMMUNISTS.
THAT BECAME THE
SELF-PEFENSE
FORCES.
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THE POfWTMgW. MOV6 VALLEYS. AMP KEEP
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The headquarters of the 5th Special

Forces Group, the Recondo School,
a US Air Force Base, and the
headquarters of the Republic of
Korea Armed Forces were all located |

in the South Vietnamese city

of Nha Trang.
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 During the Vietnam War,
civilian airlines contributed by
performing troop n

The roule was either from Vietnam

to Yokota, Japan, to Hawaii to the
US mainland, or Vietnam to Guam,
and THEN Hawaii to the mainland.

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 A. .: . ... « i . and the Origin of Ibr 1
a's full scale insr>kciuciit in the Viet tin r War started in March KKiii .
iihenthc I'S Marine < :.!n,.s|nndcu in Dai™
rvof the War in Vietnam il^h;iIK starts -Mil]..' like I
Ins In lralil\ Inj^eu'i ill.- i nil... I St.ilr* h.ul ksai imul'
sin Southeast Asia ilmim-hiiia' sim-.. tl WWII IWihYWarilvHl 1.1 19451.

I.iler. ilurini;lheS.-,.,n(i Indochina War around Mil 111 l«75i. cirtlu- Victmun W:ir. tki- I'niti-cl Sl.iti- nrn-nk si ij j|n n1. .

I'raiHV. America l.Tniuc ci.iiijili-t.h .in.) nnlir.irik inched in tin- isnr lull™ in; In- I I
i - • 1 1 1 ..I I'.nik uli-nt in liKil In
rrs|*iiisc:aiidfe.innr;<;t>iiiiiiiniis1 inlillmtiim in tin- miiktnl tin' I a ill I War!, various coniitni-s such as Korea. Australia. Neu
Zealand. I In- i'1iili[i|iiue. Thai! 1. an. I
km. an also sent soldiers to Vietnam

politically niiitr.il sanctuaries, tlie inaiti route from North Virlmm to snp-
aloni; the l*uliicr llTTionsol these i mini Ill's t airilioilla remain.-.! a sallclll-
:1A continued to he fought behind tlie curtain of the Vietnam War
Stairs develops! .1 strum; iicnl til Imvc spvial mini
'
itolliecnce on enemy ground uiov.-iiiouls prior to tin'

ajor units. "Pnijit't Defta" svus initiateil to deve bp,

tliese sjxtTal teams.

:liarlk- Beckwith, who was lnnn.il tx. tin- British SAS (Special
pvici;) as one of the lirsl [larlicipinls in nn i willing- ]inif>r.uii

iser "Project Delta in June 1966, Co imiti-t! by Maj.ii

inth, the 5th Special Konw Cnmp iAi. Detachment ll-.
r
>2. was
-.
:
I" -i.tdieisssh.. cliiuleeied linn I ..nil. I
is Sp.i.il koil.'s liases
iii.in.l I Soiilh \ i..r V.I. ..I ll.i .. El n in it. .civ i... |.i: ii 'i! Iii ;..

I|i.lli;ll .1 Ml.i|.!.. srll-ll |

.1 r >. -. -^^. J til.' II Mont lIlliiUL'.l: i.-LML- rr.llll

liir the i-.mih.lates were firsl of all physical fit

i" si-nanlh iii.i[i ri-.idni.; .il.ilik liiielk 1 1 i.n ks 1 1 i.n I-.I i;[i ..nil luslk
te orders torn, lis nuds.il I 1 ijiii'stion

as of Project Delta WBI to con

into the Vict Cflng controlled areas of Sou
and locate eneinv liases The niir'Uniem. i-.illint.il liv these r

.sii. used to ij|-i;.iiii/.- iiinior an sink.-, to dr. tuivetieiii. hascs. "['his

si.iu Liter develuj ml into search and destroy operations.

On October 19. IVMVi.iisitiialion.iWii.p.l which ni|iiireil a search ;

destroy •ijH'iiitiiui .1111! I. .1

11; 1 list. 111. i- 11 -c.nl Can
Tin- I'S Special furies
,lt I'lci Ml- "a., si il.'.l !• at least 1'". some sources s tl ';h

thnri full [ej.-iniontsiil'ttu-\[jiili Vietnamese Army. Hy the 22ud. tin

iliss later. Project I
li'll.i .|.,.l I..-.' S.n 11 1 1 \ li-liiaiiii-s, liai..;.. I |- jl.nu
 alxnit the same lime, a n-mri t.,1111 ,oiisistiiL B oilwn Cn-en Berets and three
t ]hiriese Vards lead 9 ^^ * iiijUniii Hi i
Cnl, 1
!ink\v ||,\ di-pnt\
L I
1-x-atcd liii NVA
supply depot in hi Dram' Vallev. wrsr ol I'lri Mr Tlirn- was nodoulit that the
NVA was there afti-rwitlidrLiwiiiKlniiiL their :itfi« ki >n the I 'lei Me Special Tones

Disregarding tlie wai-niii-; Iron, Is.. < oily, tin- ^V .u T.iitu-al Outer of the 1st

Cavjlty DM«n!ii>.«tiileil"0|X'r.iti(j[i Silvct B.ivolli-I' oil Niivember I-!. IM65 In

anunkine with the Anuy's standard oper.ilini; pinci-dnre. tlien- was an air
assault on the LZ for one linnr. thi'ii :t<l minutes .il fin- by inmships, imd finally

the 1st Cavalry DivLsinn 1st Hart.dioii anil 7lh Cavalry wen- air-lifted by helkiip-
tothewi

i of tit n NVA auibiish. The I

This bitter I rattle tasted Itjr five days, ami the NVA withdn'w In |xj1l1li-l1 -.am Mian near the ( :aiiilxxliaii border after si 1

ing moie than l,.'M>rasi]alties .'I'll,' iiiiiiiIxt Inst livthe ist Cavalry l)i\isioii Iiils mil Ixvti pnblislu-d. but it is thought tl
200to300.)Toiinpnw«imljatel)ieierni-. ta-ncral Wes^um-land.' Commander of the \IACV. initiateel the formation ol
LRRP (Long Range Heuranaissance Patrol).

the special Charlie Beckwith's

The JapaneK Self-Defem

I lull Millie w.il |np.ni |.1.lwi1 llir n i]e ol .1 MIOpolT |i.LV fill file IS roilil.n-' It i. Ill nil . *><ir..l M||,|x ,.- iii I !,r I. II I II';IL!I-

IIIL! IliilllntV sn'llllli^ l:"IML; 1ile.ll • .LI.' In fill' ^lllllll tr-d ^1 1 J

|
i]v 1 1 1
^ llll'l Jill! IIMllI'lM. 1 1 1 llll llllllL II 1 1111^ Vlp.lllli
1

I l.fil.ni iiiJ.fli-.dl rimip Vsi - alse .irll\r I -ill rill K .

illiru! mind .
ih. . II I.lI -Il -
si ales '111' llir Uriel isr \s;rii.-s ilisp.Lt, Ii.-.l .l

sunn mission to Smith Vietnam in September, 1966.

For a lout! tin a- ixrw. I've heard ni ors that the Self-Defensc Forces
w.-n-drplo'i-d in the Vietnam War Live .
-vt-ii licanl one in il racoons
opinrou tbal tlie Self- Defense Fort . Ii.id ojxralcd and tested Model
74 tanks in aetnal combat.

Il II a lael fiiat tin- .[.I'rtTbiiiL'tLt i.l Taiwan sl-iiI -III ribiJif.izv .iil'ls.as

l-iatiiiine. in Il-Xo. and il thai IS the eat. . it wmild not be unusual to

eVj«-e( llir |a|.inr-sr ,;.i'er -ill !. i dijiln* ill.- Srll-Drtriiso |-'.iri.'s.

TlllS ! lliLS lAI'tetl Inl Mai" tillle. \WliTl | .ksk"! .1

iiir .in interview In I. ill, about tliis topic, lie refused loco
I in-Listed, he unit on sa\iiiL^ lli.it he wiuuld lose Ins ]it

said thai lie would In- assassinated il he iipenei

l-v win ol the Unid-d Stall--., nil tli.il Intl. In sntv snldici-s wen- depkived. or
that some of them wen- killed Tlie episrxte at the liejjnning of this hunk.

j^ftV wben? Perky and his le ticlil in VlcIt .Join; with the "innnkey army"

^ 41
the Sell- Viet lsi- Pones! is. liowe\er. entin-ly fiftion
1

N
* assume the deployment of Fours
*flT 1 -*,;-'
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tinent infomiauon i^ ki-|it

lla-

r-itlin
Self-LVIeiise
der-ji :it tlir Prti-nsi.-
is factual. All

Ai^ency. at the
the pcr-

^M^
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mw
Alrlxime Mriiiorial Mii.iriun.
mander of the Airixime Troop.
ni I'p-k-'l in .1 -Lair txioil^ing to the com-

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The infantry divisions and the infantry Instruction included map
brigades were authorized to form LRRP reading and ground navigation
platoons, and these were sent to the MACV using a compass.
Recondo School for training. In 1967,
LREP platoons were expanded to
company size. Each class at the Recondo
School had around 1 20 students, of
which 85 or so would graduate. The first
week of training was classroom instruction,
and reveille was.at','4:00 ant/ 1
 The second week of the LRRP training was
conducted at Hon Tte, an uninhabited island
t Nha Trang. This part of training put
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Actual Ering of weapons, and
combat response techniques.
 Sergeant Joe Van Droffelaar of
SAS gives the hand
the Australian
team to take attack
signal to his
formation,and then each man
moves 30 meters forward,
without a word.
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He looked for a slightly raised a Van Droffelaai placed

good for an ambush line. Claymores along the road.
 The Australian SAS was bom in 1957 as the SAS Company of the Royal Australian
Regiment. Later, in 1964, it became an independent SAS Regiment with various
supporting units. They were deployed lo Borneo along with Gurkha soldiers to
with leftist guerrillas (in reality they were from the Indonesian Army) led by
fight
they became of jungle warfare.
":«-'»[,

Thef.: t deploymen jf the Australian The Australian Army unit dispatched to

Army in Viet 5. when
1,400 soldiers. However, Australian
Army training advisers had been dis-
patched to South Vietnam since 1962,
and Australia announced it had ceased
involvement in January of 1973.
they Vietnam was called the 1st Australian
Task Force (1ATF). It was a brigade-sized
formation comprised of the No. 6 Infantry
Regiment and an armored troop. It was
under the command of the US Army at
MACV, and fought in Phuoc Tuy
Province, located southeast of Saigon.

In addition, the Australian Air Force flew approximately ten Canberra light
bombers under the command of the US Air Force, and the Australian Navy
deployed three missile destroyers under command of the US Navy.
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An Australian SAS Company conducted recon missions foi the 1st
Australian Task Force and also engaged in secret missions under the command
of the MACV-SOG. Later, the Australian SAS were feared as "Phantoms of
the Jungle" by the Viet Cong. The MACV-SOG tried to study and acquire the
reconnaissance techniques of the Australian SAS, but failed.

Sergeant Joe Van D offela ar of the SAS stated:

"Arneric ana could lot develop their grn und
navigation technique too it level and ten dedto
rely on phc tographs. In the tiopical jungle eupe
cally dun, grainy ae ges.

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SaM ^^Slir^* 't

The following day, early in the morning,

the forward patrol reported. He heard
the footsteps and voices of a large
number of people.
It's an enemy command unit with officers.
men in four
There's a total of thirty
columns, lead by a soldier with a flag.
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During the seven years the Australian SAS was deployed in Vietnam, only one soldier
in action. According to Sergeant Van Droffelaar of the SAS, the son of a subnti

"ninety percent ol the lime, we spotted an approaching enemy before they

THE
Austrailian

Weapons of the Australian SAS

Though trained by the British SAS, the Australian SAS was every bit as competent as its

counterpart. During the Vietnam War, three companies took turns engaging in missions
The main firearm of the Australian Army is the FAL. the same as the British. However, ir
Vietnam they also used the M- 16 for close combat. The M-16'n small caliber was last ant
NATO rounds had super
ivorable in close quarter fighting, but Lithgow SLRs loaded with

n Droffel Of ft SAS preferred the AK, the Communist:

men, but the Australian SAS has four tc

s British. The above illustration shows

arly Australian SAS rri ns are of leaf pattern camouflage.
i. There
.mouQage compared to Americ mfnv

^48e Z^j&v

(M605)
Australian 5A5 was equipped with
the M605. They might have modified
Weapons of the Australian SAS
Please read this section starling From p. 134.
td th
Right to left an traditional Manga.
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MARRIgP My /
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MY WORKSHOP IS TWO
(e TATAMI-MAT ROOMS
(105 SQUARE FEET EACH).
SIHCE F POUT HAVE TIME
to ci-eaw, it is Messy.

HELLO, MR.
KOBAYASHI.
rs seen a
WHILfi.yON-RE
LOOKIWO
very weu..
Cat Shit cfce
ul thirty years ago, al the height of the Vietnam War. the Words 'inhumane weapon' attracted the
ition of the mass media ! W) a tiiiji sclu.il student then. They talked about a kind of bomb used
i-! ihc \ :it i .1.11'.; M Iiiti :li-. I":in!i i <] hi. .Hi 1 1 n I ! up I] ii- i-n:i'i- ih'^i-i, •ii]i[il. 111 :h< i I

re the Vict CIohr wore, and they Jin! frum asphyxiation Tims il was deemed an "inhumane

lull ihu! .Ill 'illlllllII.|>IC " h -.ijh. hi!

'

"1i.it

eapon" in the history- of the world.

>s became bows and ai .mil I hoy I'n.l.cd into [inns and cannons I

'iiljlllK'ILl mI [ihi.ii > ln-l|>('il improve tin I

in them hasn't changed a! all The differ!

e for sure, or if they're lucky, they're vrai

lelcar weapon!. nlii;)il he crin.idi-ri'il in. in- "hiiniane" !>eeausc tln-v kill without (lie victims even
owing what happened In tliein. I ml the damage is l.n worse Ijccuu.o "I (he elliels of radiation on the
cirottmont. This is not "humane" cither. These weapons are inherently inhumane ." '

lin-l air I ii .1 1, 1 1
.1.1. mim'ualk i!i-\cli>pcil to clear ]i ingle. I'm lu-liciipti'l lauding /..nes. [Is explosive
wi-r is far mure than convent i< I nplos!..-.. anil it. slioekwan- anil HI;..! clear 1 1 l surface without
ding gaping uilcs In addition, it h.i. an KM I' i-lli-el. and destroys all the electronic circuits In
1

duclnga huge electromagnetic pnl.c Its tlclrni tic- ponei i. .hnilur to a nuclear weapon .citliont
radiation. It is rcleireil Ii. a. a "[K-lit unclear weapon."

DoriiiK the Cull' War. the fuel-air Ik>iiiIi w, aching Ii-'ld. and del
military l>nses. Some in the media called it

'' "ii'l •"! .1 l /--. 'r .n'',;..i tjn.tr ..as originall. . hcilntcil ' In- p'll'lished in June, but it

elilnffdoetoauelu. in the implclliin of The additiiinal chapter. I take lull rr.priii.Ll.ilit. loi

l.n and api.Ii.jri/i- to Mr Sal (h ill iiinai-. .in.l .ill i.lhcl p.-.. pi.- in., ih ci I I ili 1
1

Li- I realm- this is an excuse.

I my effort into the Tleit book, too

addition, I haw a inc.agc to in. iiiciiil. mi the "Channel 2" lilitary bulletin board: You
iiipol loindi nuys I ilnnt know which thread il was, but I foil

sum- military ireoks. We were txini military geeks."

dosing, 1 would like to dedicate this book to all the rabbits a.