The Graybeards - KWVA - Korean War Veterans Association

Operation Aviary
Airborne Special Operations-Korea, 1950-1953
by Colonel Douglas C. Dillard
is now available through—
TRAFFORD Publishing
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ISBN 1-55369-789-8
ABOUT THE BOOK
The Operation AVIARY story details the activities of US Army
Rangers, WWII Airborne veterans and Special Forces trained
personnel. Additionally it reveals the airborne experiences of
Korean partisans, agents and Chinese agents who worked
behind the lines, throughout the period of hostilities, as a force
multiplier. Personnel losses were great and the activities of
Soviet advisors are revealed that no doubt influenced these
losses. A must read for the personnel of today’s Special
Operations Forces.
Endorsement by General James Lindsay, United States Army,
First Commander-First Commander-In-Chief, United States
Special Operations Command.
Doug Dillard has done a great job of bringing to light a little
known, but vital facet of special operations activities during the
Korean War. Successes of our special operations forces in
recent operations, such as Afghanistan, are the direct result of
the pioneering efforts of soldiers such as Doug Dillard. We are
deeply indebted to him and others like him for their vision,
courage and dedication. We own Doug Dillard a special thanks
for recording his experiences, researching airborne operations
and writing this significant history of special operation.
Endorsement by Major General Nets Running, USAF.
Executive Director, DOD, Korean War Commemoration
Committee.
The history of the Korean War remains unknown to far too
many who owe gratitude to those whose courage, commitment
and sacrifices secured a victory for freedom and democracy
over communist aggression. Even deeper in the shadows of the
unknown, lay the clandestine operations of ‘special forces’,
whose actions often serve to enhance the conventional forces’.
The men of “Operation AVIARY” were indeed force multipliers
whose actions contributed immeasurably to the United Nations
Command’s victory over communist aggression.
A FASCINATING READ!
Order by check or money order to: Doug Dillard, 121 14 Longridge Lane, Bowie. MD. 20715. Price $20.00. Author will autograph each book.
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