Of the approximately 150 participants, roughly 60 Green ... forcing him to spend time in Son Tay prison before the raid. He was repatriated in 1973. Related: DELTA FORCE’S JUMP HATER’S CLUB ...

A special task force of the USAF trained for several weeks for the raid. It was the first major military operation to be conducted under the direct control of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Retired Lt. Gen. Leroy Manor is remembered for his outstanding leadership and contributions to the special operations community, including the planning of the Son Tay Raid. (Photo courtesy U.S ...

It was 50 years ago today that a special operations group raided the Son Tay prison compound in North Vietnam in an attempt to rescue some 61 prisoners of war. About 15 years had passed since the ...

Operation Ivory Coast, as the raid on Son Tay prison was known, didn't free any US POWs, but it did have a profound effect on how US special operations were conducted. Visit Business Insider's ...

Turner, a native of Danville, Illinois, was best known for his role as one of three Special Forces team commanders aboard helicopters as part of the Son Tay Raid during the Vietnam War in November ...

Nov. 21 marked the 50th anniversary of the Son Tay Raid near Hanoi in North Vietnam, meant to rescue and return about 70 American prisoners of war. Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Jay Strayer ...

His bravery during the Son Tay raid will be exhibited in the hall that he was the first director of in 1986. As he and his wife spent New Year's Eve 1985 preparing for the renovation of the new ...

The Son Tay Raid is one of the most famous rescue missions of the Vietnam War. Son Tay was a prisoner of war camp near the town of Son Tay in North Vietnam, just 23 miles west of Hanoi, the ...