Mac-V-Sog Operator Weapon Set

In Honor of a West Palm Beach native and an American Special Forces hero!

BG Donald Dunwoody Blackburn

Bio:
Donald D. Blackburn's special operations career began in the Philippines during World War II when, after escaping from Bataan, he assisted Russell W. Volkmann in organizing the Northern Luzon guerrilla force to fight the Japanese during the remainder of the war.
In the late 1950s following a series of Regular Army assignments and schools, Blackburn commanded the 77th Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg, North Carolina which sent the earliest Special Forces units and soldiers to Laos, Vietnam, Japan, and Okinawa.
Assigned to South Vietnam in 1965, Blackburn commanded the Military Assistance Command Vietnam-Studies and Observation Group (MACV-SOG) and reinstituted cross-border operations to interdict the flow of supplies along the Ho Chi Minh Trail into Vietnam from Laos and Cambodia under the code name of Operation SHINING BRASS.
In 1970, Blackburn returned to special operations as the Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Special Activities in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (SACSA) where he personally selected the personnel and designed the mission to rescue American prisoners of war from North Vietnam's Son Tay Prison. Retiring in 1971, BG Blackburn remained active in the special operations community as a member of the Special Operations Policy Advisory Group chaired by the Assistant Secretary of Defense.
Summary of Service
Donald D. Blackburn was a true Army Special Operations Forces (ARSOF) pioneer. His service during World War II and in multiple tours in Vietnam placed him in the midst of many of the Army's formative experiences in special operations. His keen familiarity working with indigenous groups and guerrilla forces made him one of the foremost experts in unconventional warfare. Throughout his career, he taught several generations of ARSOF warriors the crucial lessons he gained in combat.

Personal Data

Birth: 14 September 1916, West Palm Beach, FL
Legal Residence: Florida
Death: 24 May 2008, Sarasota, FL
The Colt Automatic Rifle-15 or CAR-15 is a family of M16 rifle-based firearms marketed by Colt in the 1960s and early 1970s. However, the term "CAR-15" is most commonly associated with the Colt Commando (AKA: XM177)

The 37mm is a clone of a 40mm grenade launcher clone to resemble a Vietnam style version

The print is a portal of a Mac-V-Sog team during the Vietnam war
This is a special forces team that would have carried these weapons we are auctioning

The Studies and Observations Group or "SOG" of Military Assistance Command Vietnam dispatched Green Berets on some of the Vietnam War's most dangerous missions - deep behind enemy lines in Laos and Cambodia to interdict the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Their history is storied with SOG Green Berets earning nine Medals of Honor. Long range reconnaissance missions, bomb damage assessments, kidnapping, assassinations and direct action all in the deep triple canopy jungle. Once a recon man had attained the respect of his fellow SOG teammates, he was said to be "good in the woods". This print depicts a recon team deep in the Laotian jungle. The team includes the Montagnard mercenaries who the Special Forces soldiers came to love so dearly. The recon man on the team's far left carries a cut-down communist RPD machine gun while the other SOG men carry the XM-177 carbine.

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