Episode · The Shawn Ryan Show · 2025-12-08
Books mentioned on #260 Dale Hanson - Why MACV-SOG Had an 85% Casualty Rate and 1-in-4000 Odds
Dale Hanson is a highly decorated Vietnam War veteran and Green Beret who served three years as a commando in the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG), conducting extremely dangerous reconnaissance missions deep behind enemy lines.
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“The Bible says you're born again, which is the uh how I got the title for my first SOG book, you know, is that the experiences in in Vietnam and what we went through was horrendous.”
Own book SOG Missions to the Well
“Actually, my uh the second SOG book is a SOG missions to the well and uh um in the Old Testament, King David was a shepherd and he was raised in the town of Bethlehem and uh he wound up to the note of the king when uh he went to visit his brothers and and Goliath was out there”