BRIGHT LIGHT - POW RESCUE - USSF DEATH'S HEAD SKULL - VIETNAM WAR PATCH - 199

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UP FOR AUCTION AN ORIGINAL MADE IN COUNTRY VIETNAM WAR PATCH. REFER TO PHOTOS. HAS AGE WEAR. APPROX 3 X 2 1/4 INCHES. FULLY EMBROIDERED - CHEESECLOTH BACKING. HAS GLUE RESIDUE ON BACK OF PATCH. 100% ORIGINAL. FOUND AT A SALE OF A MILITARY COLLECTOR. I SHIP USPS 1ST CLASS MAIL. THANKS
Operation Bright Light – Project Sigma
Vietnam War Patch
Operation Sigma - Road Runners
Project Sigma, Special Recon was initiated under orders from General Westmoreland in August of 1966 was initially set up to achieve the task of rescuing US Military Operatives held prisoner in Cambodia.
Over the following years the Project was to grow to Eight Recon Teams (Special Recon) and three Commando Companies and in late 1967, under the command of MACV undertook additional Long Range Intelligence Gathering activities in conjunction with the POW search missions.
B-56, (US Special Forces Detachment B-56) was homed at Ho Ngoc Tau and was the base of numerous Montagnard Operatives attached to the Bright Light Operational Teams. (POW RESCUE).
Project Sigma Unit was singled out by the North Vietnamese as been one of the most agressive Special Forces units involved in Operation Phoenix Missions.
The Road Runners of the US Special Forces were Long Range Recon Patrol Units, otherwise known as Recon Teams. They made up the entire force of Operation Sigma.