Behind The Lines : The Journal of U.S. Military Special Operations
Serial Item Number: 1174Serial132885
- 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
- 6
- Issue
- 3
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: May/June 1997- General Note
- Smoke and Mirrors at Son Tay - Never before seen photographs indicate that just maybe a cover-up occurred at Son Tay by Ken Conboy
The Marcinko-Watson Tour 1996 - U.S. Navy seals Dick Marcinko and Jim Watson return to Vietnam 30 years later by Timothy Kast
With an Airborne Scout Platoon in Operation Desert Shield/Storm - Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division deploy in the gulf by John B. Dwyer
Operation Prairie II: Blocking Forces Along the Song Thu Bon - U.S. Marines catch escaping Viet Cong forces in midstream by John Culbertson
Under the Black Flag: Execution and Retaliation in Mosby's Confederacy - A defense of Confederate partisan leader colonel John Singleton Mosby by Major William E. Boyle, Jr.
What About Our MIA's? the U.S. government's failure to account for its MIA's is not unique to the Vietnam War by William R. Phillips
Sumner Team at Pegun Island - A close call on a jap-held Pacific island for a team of Alamo Scouts by Michael F. Dilley
Road Watch Teams (RWT) - Explaining one of the well kept secrets of the Vietnam War by Harve Saal
The Raid to Kill Rommel - British commandos execute a failed attempt to capture or kill the "Desert Fox". by Michael F. Dilley
Civil Air Patrol Ground Team Leads Their Own Way - Well known volunteer organization takes its cue from military special operations by Alan R. Wise
Columns
TOC Talk - Gary Linderer reflects on the mortality of America's veterans
Fire in the Hole - A truly nteworthy event Kenn Miller, BTL's caustic fire-breather, explains his temperament
The Lost Command - "PJ" Jorgenson on the effects of chemical agents on our veterans, along with some personal notes about friends of BTL
Ranger Sandy - BTL's "road warrior" spereads the faith, and exposes more veterans to our mag.
Departments
Around the AO - Krott's at his best filling in the intel gaps from around the world.
The Bernal Diaz Award - Its time to vote again for your favorite military fiction and nonfiction authors and their works
Book Reviews
Tools of the Trade - BTL introduces a new department for our readers - military weapons
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1174Serial132885
- Citation
- Behind The Lines : The Journal of U.S. Military Special Operations, 1174Serial132885. No Date, Richard Burns Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1174Serial132885, Accessed 24 Jan 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 1174Serial132885, 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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