#usa #military #vietnam Before he was the most feared man in Vietnam, Jerry “Mad Dog” Shriver was just a quiet Green Beret with a death wish and a sawed-off shotgun.

As a Hatchet Force platoon sergeant with MACV-SOG, he led deep reconnaissance and direct-action missions across the border into Laos and Cambodia—long before America admitted we were even there. He lived with his Montagnard troops, fought beside them, and earned their fierce loyalty.

Shriver was so lethal that Radio Hanoi put a $10,000 bounty on his head.

He was known for charging into firefights with dual pistols, custom weapons, and no backup plan. He skipped R&R to sneak onto other teams’ missions. He once shipped a .444 Marlin rifle into Vietnam—claiming it was for bunkers. In truth? He just liked making big holes in bad guys.

Then, on April 24, 1969, he vanished during a classified mission in Cambodia. No body. No gear. No answers.

This is the true story of Jerry “Mad Dog” Shriver—the Green Beret who never planned to come back.

🔗 SOURCES & FURTHER READING:

Jerry Shriver - MACV-SOG
https://sogsite.com/sergeant-jerry-sh...

MACV-SOG After Action -  Final Mission
https://www.macvsog.cc/shriver,_jerry...

Military Times Silver Star Citation – Jerry M. Shriver
https://valor.militarytimes.com/recip...

The Green Berets at War – Shelby L. Stanton
https://www.amazon.com/Green-Berets-W...

U.S. Army Special Operations Command – SOG History
https://arsof-history.org/

📚 RECOMMENDED READS:
SOG: The Secret Wars of America’s Commandos in Vietnam – John L. Plaster
Secret Commandos – John L. Plaster
On the Ground – John Stryker Meyer

Chapters:
00:00 - 01:26 Mad Dog Shriver
01:27 - 03:57 Making a Predator
03:58 - 06:07 MACV-SOG
06:08 - 06:50 The Montagnards
06:51 - 08:22 Surrounded from the Inside!
08:23 - 09:26 Final Mission
09:27 - 10:49 Exfil

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