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Publication: Behind The Lines : The Journal of U.S. Military Special Operations

Publication: September/October 1996

General Note: POW Raid at Cabanatuan - Alamo scouts and 6th ranger battalion pull off the "classic" POW rescue operation
The Magnificent Sacrifice - The story of the U.S. Special Forces valiant stand at Lang Vei by William R. Phillips
Breaking and Entering - Little known "behind the lines" operations of World War II
The Silent War - Columbia's ongoing battle with the drug mafias endangered by current U.S. policy by G. Andrew Macklin
Rapid Fire I - Lurps from B-36 find a VC "hornet's nest" outside Saigon by David C. Spencer
The POW Raid - Navy SEALs pull off the first successful POW rescue of the Vietnam War by Barry Enoch and Greg Walker
Border Surveillance - Special forces soldiers establish forward operating base at Khe Sanh in 1964

Columns
TOC Talk - Gary Linderer proposes VA reform and warns of more deaths and injuries in military training
A Few Minutes Out - Kregg Jorgenson's advice to perspective writers and some personal observations
Ranger Sandy - BTL's special lady "relates" to her relations
Oprep-3 - Greg Walker on the future of U.S. special operations

Departments
Book Reviews
Around the AO - Rob Krott's world affairs briefing with a dash of humor

Perma Link: https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1174Serial132871

Citation: Behind The Lines : The Journal of U.S. Military Special Operations, 1174Serial132871. No Date, Richard Burns Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1174Serial132871, Accessed 24 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 1174Serial132871, Richard Burns Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive