Special Operations Association and MACV-SOG Recon Green Berets present 30k to SFA Chapter 38 for Green Beret Vietnam Veterans Memorial

On Saturday, September 21, 2024, at the 5th Special Forces Group Hall of Heroes on Ft. Campbell, on behalf of the Special Operations Association and fellow MACV-SOG Recon Green Berets, Marcus Whitt, pictured above at left, George “The Troll” Sternberg, center, and John Stryker “Tilt” Meyer, had the honor of presenting a $30,000 check to Special Forces Chapter 38‘s for their campaign to raise $350,000 to build a Green Beret Vietnam Veterans Memorial. This memorial will honor the more than 750 Green Berets killed in action during the Vietnam War, and over 90 Green Berets are still listed as Missing In Action. The memorial will also honor more than 50 SF SOG veterans who disappeared in Laos, Cambodia, or North Vietnam.

Left to right, 5th SF Group Commanding Officer Col. Gabriel Szody, SFA Chapter 38 President Joel Pruitt, and SOA President Doug Godshall, at the 5th SF Group Hall of Heroes on Ft. Campbell. In the background are displays and artifacts from the 5th Special Forces Group history of its time in Vietnam, including a display on MACV-SOG.

SFA Chapter 38 is running point on this fundraising campaign that is near and dear to every Special Forces soldier who served in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War and the subsequent soldiers who followed after us.

Please consider donating to this honorable cause at:
https://www.sfa38.org/products/gabriel-field-project-donation.