What do you remember about the Special Forces Mike Force in Vietnam?

2016-04-25T21:37:06-04:00

Response by SGT Paul Mackay made Apr 25 at 2016 10:49 PM

2016-04-25T22:49:36-04:00

My unit in nam used to resupply a times

Response by SSG Cletus Slabach made Apr 26 at 2016 7:35 AM

2016-04-26T07:35:46-04:00

The Mike Force was a quick reaction force. One of the Commanders was Bo Gritz.

Response by SP5 Mark Atchison made May 7 at 2020 2:52 PM

2020-05-07T14:52:28-04:00

They saved our bacon 8-9 June ‘67. Imagine what lurks just outside of your artillery’s fan. It was an entrenched element of the Dong Thap Regiment, either the 261 or 263 main force battalion. The IV Corps MSF came into a very warm lz. Do green tracers mean someone doesn’t like you? Two of the four of my teammates were medevaced leaving the dai uy and the SP5 in charge of what was left of two companies of CIDG.

Response by SGT Robert Pryor made May 7 at 2020 4:24 PM

2020-05-07T16:24:28-04:00

Elements from the Mike Force, along with a split team from A-342 Dong Xoai, made the jump into Bunard on April 2, 1967 to establish the camp I served at less than two years later. The name of the operation was Harvest Moon, not to be confused with the USMC operation of the same name.

Response by Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen made May 7 at 2020 6:41 PM

2020-05-07T18:41:59-04:00

They directed a few of our B-52 strikes.

Response by MSG Felipe De Leon Brown made Dec 19 at 2020 5:15 PM

2020-12-19T17:15:17-05:00

I served with two of the 5 MIKE Forces and am proud of my service with both. The memories are bittersweet but over all, I remain happy that I survived.

Response by MAJ Ronnie Reams made Mar 9 at 2023 1:43 PM

2023-03-09T13:43:24-05:00

I think they were mercenaries. Saw a M-3 carbine with a Mike force unit. Only time I saw one in person.