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20th SPECIAL FORCES GROUP (AIRBORNE) HISTORY
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Table of Contents
PURPOSE
Sharing Memoirs by Al Isbell
20th SPECIAL FORCES (AIRBORNE)
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20SFG Distinctive Shoulder Sleeve Insignia (SSI)
1950
1952-06-19 Special Forces Founding
1950's Home of the N. Alabama Special Forces by Collins Wynn
1958 TAPS - COL Henry H. Cobb, First Commander, 20SFG by Larry Norred
1959 120 Operational Detachment @ Ft Bragg NC
1959 History by Collins Wynn
1959 HQ Charter Members by Collins Wynn
1959 HQ Charter Members by Collins Wynn
1959 Pioneers by Collins Wynn
1960
1960 Seaborn S. Swafford — early 1960's somewhere in Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia
1960-03-31 Jump at McClellan Pre-20th SFG by Larry Norred Jr - This is a downloadable PowerPoint show.
1960 Wanted Parachutists by Larry Norred Jr
1960 116 SFOD (FD) Jump Roster by Larry Norred Jr
1960 Jumpmaster School by SSG Joe Tierce
1960 The Early Days by Joe Tierce
1960 1st Night Skydive in Alabama by Joe Tierce
1961
25 Sep 1961 - Green Beret Designated
1961 Earning My Green Beret by Ted Encinas
1961 1st Official Jump by Larry Norred Jr
1961 1st Official Jump by Larry Norred Jr 2
1961 1st Official Jump by Larry Norred Jr 3
1961 1st Official Jump by Larry Norred Jr 4
1961 Last Jump Pre-20SFG Activation Newspaper
1961 HALO School by Joe Tierce
1962 Green Beret Meets Cowboy by Max Milton
1963 Lasting Impressions by Gerald Johnson
1963 Joe Stone's Jungle Experts
1963 - D-20SFG C-119 Night Jump by Edward T Post
1963 D-20SFG Jumpers Inspected by Edward T Post
1963 UA and 1965 Selma by Phillip Turner
1964-1984 SF Association 20th Anniversary Commemorative Journal
1964-06 National Guardsman Magazine on Special Forces shared by Joe Stone
1964 Marvin Osburn Resume
1965
1965 Why Earn the Green Beret? by Darry D Eggleston
1965 D-20SFG Edward T. Post Jumpmaster
1965 D-20SFG Hollywood Jump by Edward T. Post
1965 D-20SFG Jumpers by Edward T. Post
1967 Jump at Danville by Ralph Sutton
1967 Jumps Galore by Bruce Flynn
1967 My First Jump by Darry D Eggleston
1967 Signal Company by Jerry Hyche
1967-05-02 20SFG Flash Request
1969 Oozing Dynamite by SFC David Hall
1969 Make It Look Natural by Darry D Eggleston
1969 20SFG Staff NAMED
1969 20SFG Staff No Names
1969 CSM Nix talking with MSG Bobby York
CSM Nix Talking to MSG Bobby York NO NAMES
1969 Det B-1, Co A, 20SFG - All the members
1970
1970-07 A Pleasant Stroll in the Jungle with William R. (Grit) Pomeroy, Jr.
1970 A-1-20SFG C-141 Jump by Jack Hartsfield
1970 C-1-20SFG Leadville, CO, by Robert Vaughn
1970s Color Guard by Harold Mitchell
1970 C-141 Jump by Jack Hartsfield
1970 C-141 Jump Page 3
1970 C-141 Starlifter Jump by Jerry L. Quick Jr
1970 Memories of Old Co C by Stephen Curlee
1970 My Cherry Jump by Robert Vaughn
1970 Reorganization by Collins Wynn
1970s Idaho by Collins Winn
1970s Rappelling in Northern Alabama by Bernard Stine
1971 1-20SFG AT @ Puerto Rico by Darry D Eggleston
1971 Flash Approval Request submitted by Larry Norred
1971 Night Cargo Drop from C-7A
1971 B-1-20SFG @ Mobile, AL, Almost the Last Jump by Tom Boggs
1971 COL Cobb @ Awards Ceremony in Puerto Rico
1971 Family Day at Anniston Army Depot, AL
1971 MG Rollo & COL Hora visit Puerto Rico
1971-05 MG Rollo, TAG, AL, Awards Ceremony in Puerto Rico
1971 Cards in Puerto Rico by Ralph Sutton
1971 Inside Puerto Rico by Jerry L. Quick Jr
1971 Jim Ryan's VW by SFC David Hall
1971 My Jump School by Robert Vaughan - this is a downloaded PowerPoint show.
1971 Night Jump Near Salinas by Jerry L. Quick Jr
1971 Parachute Called Tu by Bruce Flynn
1971-07-13 20SFG Flash Approval Request
1971 - Statue of Excellence by John Pearman
1972
1972 1-20SFG AT @ Camp Blanding, FL, by Darry D Eggleston
1972 1-20SFG @ Camp Blanding by Robert Vaughan
1972 Eating C's
1972 4th Support Battalion by Marvin Osburn
1972 C-1-20SFG Salinas, Puerto Rico, by Robert Vaughn
1972 Signal Company Reorganization by Stanley Kight
1972 Signal Company Reorganization by Stephen Curlee
1973
1973 It's CLASSIFIED: Lessons Learned Vietnam by Darry D Eggleston
1973 1-20SFG Leaders by Darry D Eggleston
1973 A Sergeant Named Wingo by Darry D Eggleston
1973 Flash Status submitted by Larry Norred
1973 20SFG FLASH DESCRIPTION
1973 20SFG Full-time Force by Darry D Eggleston
1973 A Sergeant Named Gray by Darry D Eggleston
1973 CPT Darry D & CPT McManon
1973 SFODA Boarding C-7A Aircraft
1973 20SFG Scuba Gear
1973 Parachute Check
1973 A-1-20SFG Parachute Landing Fall practice
1973 Annual Training in Germany by Robert Vaughan
1973 C-1-20SFG Germany Night Jump by Robert Vaughan
1973 HQ Full Time OTS by Darry D Eggleston
1973 Old Signal Company by Stephen Curlee
1973 Orders for Germany AT by Robert Vaughan
1973 SFODA A-11 by John Pearman
1973 SGM Fred O. Goff by Darry D Eggleston
1973 Tony '2 Dogs' Wingo by Darry D Eggleston
1973 MAJ Bucy & COL Bishop
1973 Jumpers on C-7A Prepared to Jump
1973 Governor George C. Wallace
1974
1974 1-20SFG Cascade, Idaho, by Bill Courtney
1974 AT Miracle by Darry D Eggleston
1974 CPT Darry D Sharing Concepts
1974 FM 31-20 and FM 31-21 by Darry D Eggleston
1974 Of Lava & Horseradish by Robert Vaughan
1974 The One & Only Mike Belcher by Ronnie Honeycutt
1974 Paris is Safety: REFORGER by Darry D Eggleston
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1975
1975 You Can't Fight If You Can't Sing by Darry D Eggleston
1975 SFOB SOP by Darry D Eggleston
1975 CPT Harold Deason, Sig Co CO, & Nancy
1975 COL William A. Jackson & CPT Jerry L. Quick Jr's ARCOM
1975 COL William A Jackson awards ARCOM to SSG Benson
1975 SSG Hunter Awarded ARCOM
1975 COL William A. Jackson Awards ARCOM
1975 Making a MACO by Darry D Eggleston
1975 Who is the DZSO by Darry D Eggleston
1975 FTX Cameo Award MAJ Donald R. Watts
1975 SFODA Operation Briefing
1975 Parachute Malfunction by Robert Vaughn
1976
1976 20SFG Reorganization by Darry D Eggleston
1976 20SFG HQ Organization
1976 20SFG SFODA Organization
1976 20SFG SFODB Organization
1976 20SFG SFODC Organization
1976 20SFG SFODs Organization
1976 20SFG Service Company Organization
1976 20SFG Signal Company Organization
1976 20SFG Circular 350-2
1976 HQ AT @ Ft McClellan by Darry D Eggleston
1976 BG Smith, TAG, AL, & COL Jackson Receive Briefing
1976 Airborne Operation's Phases by Darry D Eggleston
1976 CPT Quick in Boise, Idaho
1976-07-04 Youth Survival
1976 Water Jump Preparation
1976 SFOD Water Crossing
1976 SSG Hunter @ Guerrilla Demo
17 June 1976 - James & Robert Folly Jump Together Newspaper Article
1977
1977 20SFG Campaign Streamers Request for
1977 20SFG Staff Veteran's Day Parade
1977 Colorful Talented People by Sam Carter
1977 SFODA 2018 by Edgar Cancel
1977 20SFG Staff Veteran's Day Parade
1977 20SFG Veteran's Day Parade
1977 Operation in Tulsa, Oklahoma
1978
1978 Veteran's Day Parade by Darry D Eggleston
1978 Circular 350-2 Annual Training by Darry D Egglesston
Rex A. Crawford in UH-1D Reconing Boise National Forest, Idaho
1978-04-14 Boise, Idaho Newspaper
1978 Captain Don Baker, aka Mark Blaine, by Darry D Eggleston
1978 SFODA 2018 by Harold Mitchell
1978 Bridge at Star Ranch by John Scales
1978 AT in Germany by Paul Haughton
1978 CPT & SGT with Map
1978 Senior Advisor Visit
1978-12-16 20SFG Christmas Party
1979
1979 CPT Eggleston Briefing Visitors
1979 HQ Idaho Recon by Collins Wynn
1979 MAJ Darry D Eggleston
17 May 1979 - 3-20SFG Jumps into WV News Article
1979-08-17 3-20SFG Visits 19SFG for AT by Voice of 1st US Army
1979 David Terrell Pittman, Fort Bragg, NC
1980
1980 20SFG Parachute Demo Team
1980 1-20SFG Mount St Helens by John Scales
1980 Death of Ed Crawford by Edward Vaughn Crawford
1980 Rigger Section @ Home AT by Collins Wynn
1980s Camp Darby by Collins Wynn
1980s Renahan, Drozd, Jeyschune, Calise
1980s HQ @ Camp Darby, Italy, by Collins Wynn
1980s Rigger Section by Collins Wynn
1980 Rex A. Crawford as Jumpmaster
1980 - SOCEUR by Mike Cress
1981
1981-07 SFODA 20-07 Alaska AT by Paul Haughton
1981 MG Henry H Cobb, TAG, AL by Larry Norred
1981 LTC Robert M. McKee, CO of 20SFG by Larry Norred
1981 Co A (-) 1-20SFG by Larry Norred
1981 Co B 1/20SFG by Larry Norred
1981 Det 1, Co A, 1/20SFG by Larry Norred
1982
1982 Guerrilla Hospital by Mark Hendrix
1982 A-1-20SFG Pistol Team by Jerry L. Quick Jr
1983
1983 - Fort Ord, California, Annual Training. Support for exfiltration from Panama by Rex Crawford
1984
1984 Graham DZ Drop by Mike Cress Sr
1984 1-20SFG Helena, MT, by Bill Courtney
1984 Awards Ceremony by Collins Wynn
1984 HQ @ Flint Kaserne, Germany by Collins Wynn
1984 Rappelling in Helena
1984 Arm Wrestling by Bill Courtney
1984 1-20SFG Winter Training in WV by Rex Crawford
1984 Fulton Extraction Spain by Rex Crawford
1985
1985 Refreshments by Michael Cress
1985 SFC Pipper, SFC Bean, SFC Linsey, & 2LT Payne in Spain
1985 10K Run by Collins Wynn
1985 SFC David Lyle Taking Break in Boise National Forest in Idaho.
1985 A-1-20SFG JTX Flintlock Briefing by Rex Crawford
1985 HQ Moron Air Base, Spain by Collins Wynn
1985 JTX Flintlock by Rex Crawford
1985 Signal Company by Jerryl Hyche
1985 1-20SFG Water Training St Croix VI by Rex Crawford
1985 - 3-20SFG 1LT Johns & Jack Regar in N Africa
August 1985 - SGM Allen
1986
1986 Commando FTASE HQ LandSouth 01
1986 Commando FTASE HQ LandSouth 02
1986 Commando FTASE HQ LandSouth 03
1986 Commando FTASE HQ LandSouth 04
1986 Commando FTASE HQ LandSouth 05
1986 Commando FTASE HQ LandSouth 06
1986 Commando FTASE HQ LandSouth 07
1986 Commando FTASE HQ LandSouth 08
1986 Commando FTASE HQ LandSouth 09
1986 Commando FTASE HQ LandSouth 10
1986 Commando FTASE HQ LandSouth 11
1986 Commando FTASE HQ LandSouth 12
1986 Commando FTASE HQ LandSouth 13
1986 Commando FTASE HQ LandSouth 14
1986 Commando FTASE HQ LandSouth 15
1986 Commando FTASE HQ LandSouth 16
1986 Commando FTASE HQ LandSouth 17
1986 Commando FTASE HQ LandSouth 18
1986 1-20SFG MTT Training by Collins Wynn
1986 A-1-20SFG Near Disaster by Rex Crawford
1986 Commando FTASE HQ LANDSOUTH
1986 Deployment Dinner by Collins Wynn
1986 Jumpmaster Course by Collins Wynn
1986 Military Free Fall by Collins Wynn
1986 SF Brothers Meal by Collins Wynn
1986 Water Jump by Collins Wynn
Apr 1986 - SFOD in Belgium during Chernobyl accident
1986-10-09 20SFG Jump Wing Background Request
1986 LT Pinkley, 1LT Timothy Payne, GEN Galvin, CINC, EUR, 10SFG
1987
1987 FLINTLOCK by John Scales
1987 - SFODA 206 Members
1987 End of Exercise by Collins Wynn
1987 Aviation Platoon by Tommy Sprague
1987 HQ Command Dining Out by Collins Wynn
1987 HQ CPT Roy Trucks by Collins Wynn
1987 HQ Dining Out by Collins Wynn
1987 HQ Marina Di Pisa, Italy by Collins Wynn
1987 HQ Perdido Bay by Collins Wynn
1987 Med Team by Collins Wynn
1987 Two SF Brothers in Italy by Collins Wynn
1978 20SFG Airborne Training Area
1986 Commando FTASE HQ LandSouth
1987
1988
1988 20SFG Lineage & Honors
1988 Earning My Green Beret by Jay Phillips
14 May 1988 - After Exercise in Italy
1988-09-23 Jumpmaster Graduates by Bill Tyler
1988 A-1-20SFG SFODB AT by John Scales
1988 C-1-20SFG Montana AT by Rex Crawford
1988 Flintlock Garmish, GE by Collins Wynn
1988 FLINTLOCK Planning Conference by Collins Wynn
1988 COL Boggs Jumpmaster Inspection by Harold Mitchell
1988 HQ Brenner Pass by Collins Wynn
1988 HQ Camp Darby by William Courtney
1988 HQ Stuttgart by Collins Wynn
1988 HQ Two SF Brothers by Collins Wynn
1988 Orders Italy-Germany SFODA 207 (002)
1988 Jay Phillips @ SFQC
1988 SFODA 207 DA Mission by Gerald Steeley
1989
1989 1-20SFG Awards Ceremony by Sidney Leak
1989 SF Equipment Pool by Collins Wynn
1989 3-20SFG Water Landing @ Camp Blanding, FL
Jumpmaster into Tornadoes by Edgar Cancel
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1990
20SFG History 1990-2011 by Timothy Payne
20SFG Annual Training at Cullman
1990 Look for What's Right by SFC David Hall
1990 SFOD 2014 HALO - The A Team
1990 Awards @ McClellan by Collins Wynn
1990 HQ JD as a Jumpmaster by Collins Wynn
1990 Sims & Riley by Collins Wynn
1990 Three Riggers by Collins Wynn
1990 Wynn & Taylor by Collins Wynn
1990s Chinook Jump by John Clark
1990s Chinook Jump Video by John Clark
1990s Waiting to Jump Roger Monroe
1990s DZ Unknown by Collins Wynn
1990s Panama Night Jump by John Clark
1990-10 Airborne Graduation by Roger Monroe
1990s Riggers by Collins Wynn
1990s Spanish Immersion Class by John Clark
1990s Unknown Location by Collins Wynn
1991-01 Invasion of Kuwait View from Italy by Alan Drinkard
1991 Danny Smith in Iraq (1st 20SFG Combat Patrol) by Paul Haughton
1991 20SFG Muster by Collins Wynn
1991 HQ 20SFG Logistic Section by Collins Wynn
1991 HQ Desert Storm & Desert Shield by Collins Wynn
1991 HQ Desert Storm
1991 Log Section of Desert Storm by Collins Wynn
1992 Water Jump @ Redstone Arsenal by Roger Monroe
1993 Honduras Conference by Bill Courtney
1993 MFF Jumpmaster Training by Collins Wynn
1994 CPX in Mobile, AL, by Collins Wynn
1994 My Command Time by John Scales
1995
1995 SFODA 2016 at Christmas by Gary Ivey
1996 SFODA 2016 in Ecuador
1997 Door Position by Rodger Moore
1999 National Awards Banquet
2000
2000-06 1/20SFG & SOCSOUTH
2000-06 Honduras and 15th Special Operations Squadron
2000 Deployment Lago Agrio by Daniel Evans
2000 - 1/20SFG at Camp Pickett in Honduras
2000 - Ambassador in Honduras
2001-09-11 Major Wallace Cole Hogan Killed
2001 COL Sidney Leaks Becomes State Chaplain
2003 Jim Ryan, the Legend by Al Isbell
2005
2005 1st Special Service Force Monument by Gary “Bubba” Ivey
2005 Killed in Action by Jerry Quick
2005 Staff Meeting
2008 1-20SFG in Helena, MT
2008-10 SFODA 2023 by Gerald Steeley
2008 Chaplain Pomeroy Passes
2009 Oporto Avenue Armory by Darry D Eggleston
2010
2011 Fallen While Mobilized
2011 - Afghanistan by Stephen Muskett
2011 Reception @ AMA by Collins Wynn
2015
2016 1-20 Monument by Lawrence Jackson
2016-02-17 1-20SFG Monument Dedication
2016-02-17 SF Monument by Marvin Osburn
2016-09-16 20SFG Monument Re-dedication by Jerry L. Quick Jr
2016 D-20SFG SSG Post & Generals
2017-01-21 20SFG from LANDSOUTH by Jim Horak
2017 CSM Hooper by Marvin Osburn
2017 D-20SFG Post & Vaughn
2017 D-20SFG Vaughn & SF Association
2018 History of the 20th SFG
2018-2 Arrowhead Newsletter 1
2018 Pioneers Reunion by Phil Turner
2018-09-14 SF Rededicate Monument by Al Isbell
2019 Birmingham Chapter Supper
2019 Awards Ceremony by Phil Turner
2019 5th Reunion of Pioneers by Phil Turner
2019 1SG Tierce Recognized by Larry Norred
2019-10 Arrowhead Newsletter
2019 Alabama's 200 Birthday
2020
2021-03 Rex A Crawford Biography
How Green Berets Got Their Name by Army Times
2020 "Operation 20SFG History" by Darry D Eggleston
2020 We Made a Difference by Darry D Eggleston
2020 Special Forces Mayors by Edgar Cancel
2020 Current Commitments by CW3 Phillip Hall
2020 Motivating the Masses by Darry D Eggleston
2020 Flash Evolution by Larry Norred
2020 COL Robert McKee - More than a Commander by Al Isbell
2020 Steve Harris Resume
2020 Riggers Making Masks by Stephen Curlee
2020-6-17 Warrior Woman Earns Green Beret
2020-07-24 CPT Chip Ramsey: Fallen Hero by Al Isbell
2021-01-11 SGT Roy A. Woods was KIA in Afghanistan on 11 Jan 2002
2021-06-01 AN/GRC-9 Radio Set
22 Oct 2022 - New 20SFG Historian
Undated
Annual Training Sites - HQ 20SFG
Annual Training Sites - 1/20SFG
Annual Training Sites - Service Company
Annual Training Sites - Signal Company
Awards Ceremony by Collins Wynn
Bearly Scared by Mike Cress Jr
C-130 Landing on Ice
Chaplain Pomeroy
Christmas Tree Upside Down
CPT Kiser by Collins Wynn
Guntersville Water Jump by Collins Wynn
HALO Jump Preparation
Joe Landers at Camp Blanding by Roger Monroe
Jack Regar and Rusty Gaeta, 3/20SFG
Jump Article 2
Just Great Memories by Bill Estes
Map Reading Class
Ola L. Mize, Medal of Honor
B 3/20SFG Old Guard in Tampa
SFC Belcher by Collins Wynn
SFODA 2016 by Gary Ivey
SFODA 2016 Four Warriors by Gary “Bubba” Ivey
Shamoo the Caribou by Collins Wynn
B-3-20SFG Team Photo
Michael J Renahan
Skip Kingsley
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