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  • I was a Slick pilot with 240th AHC (Greyhounds and Maddogs.) Supported B-56 in '68. Dropped some boxed up water to a Mike Force in March or April '68. Part of the May 2 mission to the west when Roy Benavidez earned MOH. Nothing but respect for all B-56 Sigma teams.

  • said ghewing

  • 2009.11.19 at 12:59:03 PST

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  • I was in B-56 1966-67. Love and Kisses, Joe Steckel

  • said steckel36

  • 2008.06.01 at 08:06:34 PDT

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  • SFOD B-56 Project Sigma was formed in August 1966 and was very similar in make up and operational procedure to B-50 project Omega. Like Omega, Sigma was also created for the purpose of providing reconnaissance in area's controlled by the VC. Again as with SFOD B-50 Omega, Sigma was also to have had an ARVN Ranger battalion attached to it, but this idea was vetoed by SF and they supplied their own forces. Located at camp Ho Ngoc Tao near Tu Duc, along highway 1 between Saigon and Long Binh. SFOD B-56 Project Sigma had 8 reconnaissance teams, 3 commando (reaction) companies and a 168-man Nung security company. The personnel for the commando companies, and reconnaissance teams were either ethnic Cambodians or Nung mercenaries. SFOD B-56 Project Sigma teams abducted POWs back from the enemy in the Fish Hook area of war zone C. An enemy telephone line was located, tapped, and conversations recorded. Other teams placed electronic surveillance devices, set mechanical ambushes, and a host of electronic devices to hinder and harass the enemy along infiltration routes into South Vietnam. SFOD B-56 Project Sigma's Road Runner Teams were transferred over to SFOD B-57 project Gamma in 1967. SFOD B-56 Project Sigma also assisted and acted as forward reconnaissance elements in several Black Jack operations which were conducted in its area of operations. In November 1967 operational control of SFOD B-56 was given directly to MACV whereupon B-56 was placed under the control of the II Field Force. SFOD B-56 Project Sigma was relocated to Ban Me Thuot in 1969. Finally leaving( ? ) Vietnam on the 2nd of May 1971.

  • said k4uug

  • 2006.04.24 at 10:08:24 PDT

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