Behind The Lines : The Journal of U.S. Military Special Operations
Serial Item Number: 1174Serial132874
- Pages
- 80
- Media Type
- Serial
- Credit
- Behind the Lines
- Physical Location
- Stacks Periodical Collection
- Language(s)
- English
- Collection
- Richard Burns Collection
- Association
- Air America Association
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 5
Behind The Lines : The Journal of U.S. Military Special Operations (Behind the Lines) - Serial - Festus, Missouri
- Publication
- Behind The Lines : The Journal of U.S. Military Special Operations
- Publisher/Org.
- Behind the Lines
- City
- Festus, Missouri
- Country
- United States
- Frequency
- Bi-Monthly
- Type
- Serial
Dates
Publication: November/December 1996- General Note
- A Good Ambush - MAG advisors discover early in the Vietnam war that it's going to be a long, long conflict by Kregg P.F. Jorgenson
The Men Behind the Trident - Navy SEAL Darryl "Willy" Wilson's Vietnam Odyssey by Dennis Cummings
Smokejumpers - U.S. Forest Service Smokejumpers play a major role in the U.S. special operations by Mike Martin
Major Peter Dewey, America's First Vietnam Casualty - 1945 saw the end of WWII, and the first U.S. casualty of the Vietnam war by U.S. Adolph
The Triple Nickel - The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion - WWII's unspoken heroes by Michael F. Dilley
Wild Bill Donovan and the OSS - At the outbreak of World War II the U.S.'s fledgling intelligence service was in good hands by Ed Evanhoe
Elite Unit Profile: El Salvador's Special Forces - An elite Central American special forces unit with a U.S. flavor by Rob Krott
Bambo - The Deer Who Gets Even! - BTL senior editor Kregg Jorgenson on ambush patrol in the Pacific Northwest by Kregg P.J. Jorgenson
Rapid Fire III: Mary Jane Does Not Answer - A B-36 Lurp patrol finds itself the center of attention at a VC round-up by David Spencer
Columns
TOC Talk - BTL's senior editor encourages everyone to get out and vote, announces subscription cost increase, and reports the departure of BTL editor in chief, Greg Walker.
Fire in the Hole - Kenn Miller recommends changes in the 75th Ranger Regiment and sees the U.S. Army LRSU as part of the program
Burn's Ointment - Rich Burn's discusses the plight of the Hmong, America's forgotten allies
Ranger Sandy - Sandy stops a Marine convoy in California, and makes new friends at NamJam '96
Departments
Around the AO - Krott with an eye on what's happening around the glove
Book Reviews
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1174Serial132874
- Citation
- Behind The Lines : The Journal of U.S. Military Special Operations, 1174Serial132874. No Date, Richard Burns Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1174Serial132874, Accessed 25 Jan 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 1174Serial132874, Richard Burns Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 29 Jun 2003 [Updated: 09 Jan 2026]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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