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John L. Plaster is a legendary MACV-SOG operator who served three tours of duty in

Vietnam leading high-risk reconnaissance missions deep behind enemy lines in Laos

and Cambodia, striking supply lines along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Wounded in action and

decorated for valor four times, he later flew over 350 aerial combat missions as a

Forward Air Controller.

After Vietnam, Plaster became a pioneer in modern sniper training, co-founding the

National Guard Sniper School and instructing elite military and law enforcement units,

including the FBI and Royal Canadian Mounted Police. A prolific author, he has

chronicled the untold stories of SOG in books including SOG: THE SECRET WARS OF

AMERICA'S COMMANDOS IN VIETNAM, SECRET COMMANDOS: BEHIND ENEMY

LINES WITH THE ELITE WARRIORS OF SOG, and SOG: A PHOTO HISTORY OF

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