Today in SF History: January 16

Today in Special Forces History:

1969: SSG Drew Dix awarded the Medal of Honor for action 31 Jan 68 (during the Tet Offensive). 

1964: Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) formed. 

source: The Special Forces Regimental History Calendar, 1993. Special Forces Historical Society Research Organization, Seminole, FL, 1993. (privately printed)

The SFHS in turn credits the Office of Command Historian, USASOC, Fort Bragg, NC. 

The same information, uncredited, was online here. (link dead 1/18/08)

Many online sources and SF-community sources are being used to expand these posts. The online sources will be linked in the text.