B-52 Tips - Combat Recon Manual, Republic of Vietnam : POI 7658, Patrolling FTX - Special Forces

Project DELTA was formed in October of 1964 with headquarters in Nha Trang. They conducted the most hazardous and critical missions inside South Vietnam. Project DELTA would prove to be one of the most successful Special Operations units in the Vietnam War. 

In August of 1970, The B-52 Tips were published as a series of memos and annexes for the use of B-52 team leaders and their troops as a means of capturing lessons learned.

The Tips are broken down into the following sections:

A - General 

B - M-16 / CAR 15 

C - Load Bearing equipment

D - Recon

E- Forward air controller (FAC)

F- Remain overnight (RON)

G - Breaking out of encirclement

H - PW snatch

I - Movement Techniques

J - Infiltration / exfiltration

Long considered a classic, Special Forces trainees were still being given photocopied handout copies of The B-52 Tips in the mid 1990s.

Presented in Special Operations Press' distinctive ERDL camouflage cover, denoting a Vietnam-era publication, this edition is an easy-to-read 6 x 9 inch perfect-bound paperback printed on first quality paper in the USA.