Mitchell Livingston WerBell III was born on March 8, 1918, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to an ethnically Scottish mother and a father who claimed White Russian Cossack roots. He graduated from Staunton Military Academy in Virginia, entering the U.S. Army as a second lieutenant. A short time later the United States entered World War II after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. After a brief stint in the Signal Corps, WerBell volunteered to serve in General William “Wild Bill” Donovan’s newly formed Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the forerunner of the modern CIA. WerBell was assigned to carry out covert missions behind Japanese lines in Manchuria.

After the end of the war, U.S. Army Captain WerBell returned to the states and was assigned the command of an infantry company in Missouri. Before long, the routine began to bore him, and he resigned from the Army. After the Army, WerBell went into the advertising business, first in New York City, and later with a department store in Atlanta. He did well enough to purchase a large split level ranch house on a sixty-acre rural estate about thirty miles north of Atlanta, near Powder Springs Georgia. The property would become known as “The Farm.”

Sometime during the 1950s, Mitch WerBell decided to get into the clandestine weapons business. His specialty was sound suppressors and he called his company Sionics; an organization that specialized in counterinsurgency equipment. The acronym Sionics stood for Studies in Operational Negation of Insurgency and Counter Subversion.” Sionics was originally established on the Mitchell L. WerBell, III estate located near Powder Springs, Georgia in 1966. Ben Kohler, Eunice Creel and Betty Chatam incorporated Sionics in Georgia during 1967. The corporate address was; Sionics, 1655 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30309. Mr. Fred N. Brown was the president of Sionics and Mitch WerBell served as Vice President, Director of Research and Development.

Sionics Sound Suppressors

When originally established, Sionics was a company that supplied suppressors and similar items for covert operations by military and CIA type organizations. The suppressors that Sionics designed and sold consisted of a series of baffles and replaceable wipes to suppress muzzle blast. The life expectancy was six-months or 200 rounds before the unit’s efficiency deteriorated and the internals required replacement. A wipe replacement kit was available as a separate item. Mitch WerBell’s achievements in suppressor design are often regarded as the most significant advancements since Hiram Maxim’s silencers were introduced at the turn of the century. WerBell was granted three patents covering his suppressor designs. Suppressors were produced for the U.S. M14 and M16 rifles, and other weapons, with the U.S. Government being one of Sionics’ best customers. Sionics also manufactured a number of pistol suppressors in a variety of calibers and applications.

Suppressed Weapons

During the Vietnam War, an entire new class of weapons were fielded, primarily to support the widespread use of unconventional warfare tactics by U.S. Special Forces. These elite troops seldom fielded standard weapons issued to the conventional Army and Marine infantrymen. Prominently featured among the wide variety of foreign and domestic small arms used by Special Forces were silenced weapons.

To generate sales of their suppressed sniper rifles, live fire demonstrations were performed, primarily at the Marine Base at Quantico, Virginia and the Army’s Fort Benning, Georgia. Other times a rifle would be shipped gratis to an influential officer at a military installation for his evaluation. As the Vietnam War began winding down, military sales of suppressors and sniper rifles fell off to almost nothing. At this time, Sionics turned their marketing efforts toward the law enforcement community.

Rifle Suppressors

Sionics sound suppressors were first procured for use in Vietnam during 1969. The Army’s interest in Sionics came from a relationship between personnel from the U.S. Army’s Marksmanship Training Unit, and Sionics engineers, while working to develop an effective and stealthy sniper rifle. The 7.62 NATO, M14 (XM21) rifle fitted with a Sionics suppressor and Starlight night vision scope was a very effective tool for dispatching enemy soldiers at night. A number of Sionics suppressors were purchased by the Army but were never officially adopted.

The M14SS-1 Sionics Suppressor

The Vietnam era Sionics suppressor designed for the 7.62 NATO M14 rifle was the M14SS-1. The outer tube was manufactured from .090-inch thick 6061-T6 aluminum alloy that was anodized a flat black color. The rear retaining collar and many of the internal parts were made of 4130 steel that was phosphated to resist corrosion. A unique feature of Sionics’ rifle suppressors was the implementation of a gas valve. Designed to reduce blowback pressure; it was mounted on the outer case at the rear chamber. A valve was used on early production, but the springs in the valves failed during full-automatic fire. A new spring was made from a heat-resistant super-alloy called Inconel, but these also failed. The valves simply could not hold up to the gas pressure generated by firing and would fail after a short period. To solve the problem, the relief valve was eventually replaced by a simple relief port. The port was designed to reduce blowback pressure and was mounted on the outer case at the rear chamber. To thread the suppressor onto the barrel of the M14 rifle, the flash-hider and front sight assembly had to be removed, necessitating the use of a telescopic sight. A Teflon bushing was placed between the retaining collar and base of the unit that sealed and aligned the suppressor on the rifle. The tube was 12.75-inches long with an outside of diameter of 1.665 inches. The bore was .375-inches in diameter and the assembled unit weighed 1 pound, 15 ounces. The M14SS-1 suppressor was designed for semiautomatic fire only. Nearly all of the M14 suppressor production went to the U.S. Army, Fort Benning, Georgia, the U.S. Army Rock Island Arsenal and the U.S. Navy, San Diego, California. A small number of the suppressors went to the FBI and Aberdeen Proving Center, Maryland.

The Sionics M16 MAW-A1 Suppressor

During the Vietnam War, the small caliber 5.56x45mm M16 rifles were not fielded as part of any known sniper program. However, suppressor equipped M16 rifles were regularly employed by Special Forces for covert operations, long-range reconnaissance missions and ambushes during the war. There were several early experimental M16 suppressor designs made by Sionics. Ongoing testing and research resulted in numerous improvements that were implemented in the production MAW-A1 model (Moderator Automatic Weapon – Alteration 1).

On one early prototype M16 suppressor, a threaded stud was added to the front to attach the M16 flash hider. The attachment of the flash hider made the suppressor equipped M16 excessively long and cumbersome. The production version did not include a provision for a flash hider. The Sionics MAW-A1 suppressor was 12.63 inches long with an outside diameter of 1.235 inches, the bore was .302 inches and the unit weighed 1 pound, 12 ounces. Like the M14SS-1 suppressor, a gas valve was used on early production, but was replaced by a more durable relief port system to reduce blowback pressure; it was also mounted on the outer case at the rear chamber. Most of the suppressor’s internal components were made of stainless steel and less critical components were made of 4130 steel. The Sionics MAW-A1 suppressor was designed to withstand full-automatic fire.

In order to be effective, the internal components of suppressors needed to be manufactured to very close tolerances. On one experimental M16 rifle suppressor design, Sionics engineers attempted to use a powerful coil spring inside the unit to keep all of the internal components in alignment. The spring eliminated the need for the precision machining on those parts. Early testing found the implementation of the spring a viable concept. However, after being exposed to the high temperatures inside the suppressor tube for an extended period, the spring began to lose tension and eventually failed. This allowed the internal components to come out of alignment, creating a dangerous situation as did occur on the firing line at Fort Benning, during a semi-official suppressor testing and evaluation session. After continued full-automatic firing of a suppressor equipped M16 rifle, the spring failed, and a bullet struck one of the baffles. This resulted in the bullet exiting the side of the steel suppressor tube at approximately a 90-degree angle, striking an adjacent shooter in the neck. Fortunately, the bullet had lost most of its energy causing only minor injuries. After disassembling the suppressor, Sionics personnel discovered that the spring had caused the suppressor failure. And it was the last time such a spring was included in any Sionics suppressor designs.

The Subsonic Ammunition Program

During the 1960s, Sionics launched an ambitious program to develop subsonic ammunition for their line of sound suppressors. Sionics relied on the expertise of local ammunition reloaders from the Atlanta area for the project. A few pistol caliber cartridges, such as .45 ACP and .380 ACP, are inherently subsonic, while most others are not. When most ammunition is fired through a sound suppressor, the velocity of the bullet breaks the sound barrier, resulting in a readily distinguishable supersonic “crack.”

The speed of sound at 68 degrees Fahrenheit is approximately 1,127 feet per second; this speed is reduced with cooler ambient air temperature. The program began by experimenting with the 9mm Parabellum cartridge, which has an average speed of 1,150 feet per second when loaded with a 115 grain bullet. The bullet’s velocity is increased with barrel length. No insurmountable problems were encountered developing subsonic 9mm ammunition and the task was accomplished by using a heavier bullet and lighter powder charge. Developing subsonic rifle cartridges from high-velocity 5.56x45mm and the 7.62x51mm NATO military rounds was an entirely different matter.

During the Vietnam War, the largest potential market for sound suppressors was for the U.S. 5.56x45mm M16 rifle, with a secondary market for the 7.62mm M14 rifle. The velocity of the two cartridges was far greater than that of the 9mm pistol round, creating quite a challenge. Development was first focused on the M16’s 5.56x45mm round. When the 5.56x45mm cartridge was downloaded to the point of being subsonic, there was a very small amount of gunpowder, and a lot of empty space in the case. If the rifle was pointed at a downward angle, the powder would shift to the front of the cartridge case, away from the primer. This resulted in very unreliable and inconsistent ignition of the powder charge. If the powder charge was directly over the primer satisfactory ignition resulted. The obvious solution was to add an inert filler in front of the gunpowder to keep it in the base of the cartridge case directly above the primer. Numerous fillers were tried including oatmeal, Cream of Wheat cereal and cotton. While the fillers solved the problem of inconsistent ignition, a new problem arose.

After firing just a few rounds the filler material plugged the weapon’s gas port and the suppressor’s internal components. The next step was to find a filler that would burn and not leave any residue. Nitrate paper and nitrated cotton was tried, but they did not burn completely before reaching the weapon’s gas port or suppressor, resulting in only marginal results. The next experiment was to partially fill the cartridge cases with epoxy, leaving a small centrally located cavity to load the powder in, and allow gas pressure from the burning powder to pass out. Although this method was relatively successful, the method was labor intensive, and the subsonic cartridges made by this method very expensive. The first prototype rounds were fabricated from once-fired military cases. After fully developed and marketed the bullet tips were painted green and the cartridges were packed in special “subsonic” marked 20-round boxes. While the bullets of the downloaded rounds were subsonic, they were so underpowered that they would not cycle the action of the rifles and had very limited range. Both 5.56x45mm M16 and 7.62 NATO M14 subsonic cartridges were manufactured and marketed; however, due to cartridge’s cost (.32 cents each) and poor performance, sales were limited.

The Military Armament Corporation

Soon after Gordon Ingram joined Sionics, Mitch WerBell decided that the company’s current name Sionics was not the best possible name for an organization that would be manufacturing the new Ingram weapon. The company name was then changed from Sionics to “Environmental Industries.” WerBell was not completely satisfied with the new name. A friend and Sionics’ employee, Don Thomas, had his own Class Three business called Military Armament. WerBell liked the name and convinced Mr. Thomas to allow him to use it. On December 21, 1970, the Military Armament Corporation name became official.

Perhaps the best known Sionics suppressors were the two-stage type designed and produced for the Ingram submachine guns. Mitch WerBell III considered the Ingram submachine gun, when fitted with one of his sound suppressors, the ideal covert weapon.

(Editor’s Note: SAR recently sent Contributing Editor Robert Bruce to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to do an in-depth report on the training of Army Special Forces Weapons Sergeants. (Vol. 9, No. 9, June 2006) While there, we also assigned Robert to do a feature on the JFK Special Forces Museum to detail some of the exotic and historic weaponry in its collection. With the full support and energetic assistance of Director/Curator Roxanne Merritt and her small but dedicated staff, SAR was allowed not only the opportunity to get in after hours to light and photograph some of the current exhibits, but also to go behind the scenes into the museum’s high security arms vault. This special access has paid off handsomely in the accompanying photos and SAR sends a big THANKS for all the extra work. – Robert G. Segel)

“The mission of the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School Museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit, and interpret significant historical property related to the history of special operations in the U. S. Army including the Special Forces and Civil Affairs branches, the Ranger Regiment, the functional areas of Psychological Operations and Aviation, and its predecessor organizations from the American colonial period to the present. As an educational institution, the museum will support training and education for military and civilian personnel.”

The JFK Special Warfare Museum may be relatively modest in size but it is undeniably mighty in the quality of its collection. It is, of course, the official repository for actual items used on missions by U.S. Army Special Forces “Green Berets,” Rangers and other members of the Army Special Operations Forces family. It also preserves the history of a long list of elite Army units that came before such as the legendary Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and the First Special Service Force “Black Devils” from WWII.

The impetus for the museum came from the vision of Major General William P. Yarborough in 1961, who was, at the time, the commanding general of the US Army Special Warfare Center. The connection with President John F. Kennedy honors his energetic support for Army “Green Berets” and their unconventional warfare capabilities.

OSS Weapons Exhibit

It is the OSS connection that first caught this correspondent’s eye a couple of years back while doing research for a report on the opening of the International Spy Museum (SAR Vol. 6, No. 4, January 2003). An internet search turned up a procurement notice on a government purchasing website indicating intent to acquire the Brunner OSS Collection.

Subsequent phone calls resulted in confirmation that this effort was successful and the priceless artifacts have found a permanent home with the JFK Special Warfare Museum at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. SAR is pleased to report that this remarkable OSS collection is now front and center in a permanent exhibit at the museum.

Dr. John W. Brunner, a retired college professor, served with distinction in the OSS during WWII. His meticulously researched book OSS Weapons is considered by experts to be the best of its kind. Unfortunately now out of print, copies routinely bringing upwards of $200 on the used book market, testifying to their value among scholars and serious collectors.

Many of the items pictured and described in Brunner’s book were from his own collection. Notable among them are close quarter combat firearms from .22 to .45 caliber, some famous edged weapons, and a fascinating selection of spy tradecraft gadgets. As luck would have it, all of these had been temporarily relocated to the vault while the exhibit was being refurbished, and so were readily accessible for the photos accompanying this feature.

The .45 ACP single-shot Liberator pistol is perhaps best known of the WW2 OSS firearms, with over a million produced and intended for airdrop to resistance fighters. Brunner not only had a particularly fine example of this cheap and simple smoothbore weapon, he was careful to also preserve one of the waxed cardboard boxes they were originally packed in.

The Vietnam-era Deer Gun is the CIA’s (Central Intelligence Agency) upgraded version of the Liberator, chambered in 9mm Parabellum. As far fewer of these single shot handguns were made, the one in the JFK SW museum is particularly noteworthy.

While the uninformed may scoff at the effectiveness of weapons firing .22 caliber rimfire ammo, these small cartridges offer several advantages in the arena of clandestine combat. Principal among these are modest recoil, noise and flash, making them particularly adaptable to innovative concepts in weaponry for concealment and killing at close range. The Stinger is one of these, a single-shot device resembling an ordinary pocket-clip pen.

Brunner saved an original box containing ten of the first model Stinger devices and another with the improved Type 2 Stinger. He also made sure that an excellent example was preserved of the .22 cal. High-Standard semi-automatic pistol with a sound suppressor barrel, spare screen and a round of the original T-42 jacketed long rifle ammo.

Although not from the Brunner collection, another firearm that was likely to have been used by the OSS caught our eye in the museum’s arms vault. The British SOE (Special Operations Executive), a partner to the OSS in Europe, fielded a particularly effective single shot handgun usually identified as the Welrod. This sound suppressed 9mm Parabellum pistol features an integral barrel and may be quickly reloaded from a six-round spring loaded magazine in the pistol grip.

Crossbows and Carbon Dioxide

When circumstances call for stealthy dispatch of enemy personnel, the ideal tool is not necessarily a silenced firearm. Consider the medieval crossbow, some types capable of almost noiselessly propelling an armor-piercing shaft with astonishing range and accuracy. This concept made a lot of sense to the British SOE and their cohorts in the American OSS.

Brunner’s crossbow collection included several fascinating examples of modern adaptations of the ancient arrow shooter. While the most commonly used was the pistol-like Little Joe, the rarest is the “Little Joe Pedal” model, firing a particularly impressive ten inch long aluminum bolt at 170 feet per second. Only one example is known to have survived and is now safely housed in the museum’s collection.

Anyone who has had fun with quiet and powerful pump air rifles or CO2 pistols should appreciate the applicability of this sort of propulsion to spy type weaponry. Brunner’s efforts have ensured the survival and display of the only surviving example of the Gun, Dart, Carbon Dioxide Propelled. The OSS gave it the evocative code name “Flying Dragon” and fifteen were available by July 1945. Comparison testing with crossbows and conventional suppressed firearms showed little reason to field it and the Flying Dragon was grounded.

The Cutting Edge

The modern combat value of knives and other edged weapons may be somewhat less easy to demonstrate and document but apparently sufficient for the OSS to field a number of interesting stabbers, stickers, slicers and slashers. Notable among those in Brunner’s holdings are an OSS Stiletto, complete with “pancake flapper” sheath, and a Type 2 Smatchet bolo knife, complete with its original cardboard packing box and the correct plywood-lined sheath.

These join several other interesting edged weapons that were acquired from various sources. We examined a tiny thumb knife, a sleeve or wrist dagger and the wonderfully versatile lock-picking knife. This last is a seemingly ordinary pocket knife that also boasts a set of fold-out picks to facilitate surreptitious entry into locked areas.

Baseball Blaster

Were it not for the device’s destructive intent and unfortunate history, the Beano grenade might qualify as the most amusing of OSS artifacts in the JFK SW Museum. Formally designated as Grenade, Hand, Fragmentation, T13, With Fuze Grenade, Impact, T5, OSS personnel soon nicknamed it the “Beano.” The Beano was developed from a suggestion by Col. Carl Eifler who believed that the standard grenade was ungainly to throw. He asked the R&D branch of OSS to make a grenade the size, shape and weight of a standard baseball. It is speculated that the nickname might have come from the dishonorable practice of some baseball pitchers back then, and even now, to intentionally throw “beanballs,” to hit the batter.

This unusual ball grenade was designed to explode on impact with the target, rather than after the usual three to five second delay. Presumably, this would make it more useful for attacking moving targets and those who might be tempted to pick up the hand bomb and throw it back.

Interestingly, camera and film company Eastman Kodak got the contract to design and manufacture these novelties which soon proved to be unreliable in performance and particularly dangerous to the thrower. According to Brunner’s research, the Beano can be credited with nearly fifty casualties, but none of these were on the enemy side. The project was terminated at the end of the war.

Handmade Firearms

The other end of the weapons spectrum is well represented in some of the museum’s other displays showing guns made in primitive workshops by native populations. These include examples of pistols, shotguns and rifles cobbled together by Philippine resistance fighters, Viet Cong guerrillas and others, determined to do the best they could with materials at hand. It is astonishing what can be done with scraps of tin, bits of wood and hacksawed plumbing pipe. The handmade flintlocks of the Hmong of Laos were family heirlooms, passed down from generation to generation as is evidenced by silver bands on the barrel, indicating how long it had been in the family.

Vietnam War

U.S. Army Special Forces “Green Berets” and other Army Special Operations Forces were heavily committed in the Republic of Vietnam beginning around 1961 during the so-called “advisor period” and extending to the fall of Saigon in 1975. So it follows that a large number of the artifacts on display are from this conflict.

The first thing most visitors see when approaching the museum is a full size re-creation of a firebase mortar pit complete with sandbags, log reinforcements and an actual 81mm M29 mortar. Large graphics display boards ring the pit, providing photographs, diagrams and information on how typical firebases were built and defended, often against overwhelming enemy forces.

Following the sidewalk to the main entrance leads past an imposing Soviet 12.7mm DShK-38/46 Heavy Machine Gun, fielded by the Red Army in WW2 then supplied to enemy forces and used against the US from the Korean War to Vietnam and right up to the present day.

Inside the main gallery of the museum are exhibits showing typical weapons, uniforms and equipment used by “A Teams” in Vietnam as well as those of communications, surveillance and Civil Affairs personnel.

Look for the very early AimPoint red dot sight used by MSG (later CSM) Joseph Lupyak, part of “Red Wine” element of the Son Tay Raid in 1970. It was purchased for $59.99 from Sears as the Army didn’t have anything like it in the inventory. The Son Tay Raid also offered such innovations, now considered commonplace, as the use of bullhorns and acetylene torches.

Artifacts From Recent History

For some of us with more than a few gray hairs it is sobering to consider that many of today’s twenty-somethings were still soiling their diapers when Army Rangers and other Special Operations Forces liberated Grenada in 1983. And others weren’t even teenagers when the invading Iraqis were kicked out of Kuwait in 1991 during Operation Desert Storm. Thus, “history” is relative and each generation has significant milestones that are meaningful to them.

While it is to be expected that many of the museum’s exhibits highlight activities of Army SOF’s in the Vietnam War, more recent conflicts take front and center in the museum’s many displays.

SAR found it particularly interesting to see the gear worn by Special Operations soldiers during the 1993 shootout in Somalia, often called the Battle of Mogadishu and best known by many from the book and movie “Blackhawk Down.”

The expected and the unusual may be found in any of the displays but a case in point presents weapons brought back by SOF’s from Desert Storm. There are fascinating stories behind most every artifact but what the hell is a Greener Mark 2 Harpoon Gun doing in Iraq?

Global War on Terrorism

The museum’s preservation and exhibition mission comes fully up to date with displays showing Operation Enduring Freedom, launched principally in Afghanistan in the aftermath of the horrific terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and Operation Iraqi Freedom, the liberation of Iraq which began for US and allied special operations forces well before the official announcement on 20 March 2003.

The museum has items that come from the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center including a large twisted steel beam that is right next to the entrance. Also on display is the uniform of Ron Bucca, a former member of the 11th SFG (A) and the only Fire Marshall to have perished in the attack. This is an ongoing process as America’s GWOT continues and artifacts are sent back by participants. Get a close look at gaudy gold plated weapons from Uday Hussein’s Baghdad palace and the imposing gateway sign from Fire Base Tycz in Afghanistan.

The Mitch Lane memorial exhibit is a noteworthy example of most every aspect of the museum’s broad mission statement. Sergeant First Class Mitchell Arthur Lane, an Engineer Sergeant with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, died on August 29, 2003, during a combat air assault on an enemy cave complex in Afghanistan.

According to those who knew him, Lane was extraordinary in every way and will be long remembered for the particularly effective door breaching device he became a master of. The explosive water charge is widely used throughout US SOFs and those of many allied nations. Lane was constantly modifying the charge to fit the situation and made a point of writing clever messages on its support board.

The “Mitch Lane Special” features a spiral of detonating cord, a pair of medical salt water bags, 100 MPH tape, and a wooden board, “about half the height of the door you are going to blow down.” Its dramatic effectiveness comes not only in the ability to instantly vaporize heavy doors but also to allow the assaulting force to remain remarkably close to the blast without injury.

Wish List

While there are currently more than 6,000 artifacts in the museum’s collection, some gaps exist that need to be filled. Highlights from a long list posted at www.soc.mil/swcs/museum/wishlist.shtml include items from Mosby’s Rangers (American Civil War), Alamo Scouts, Merrill’s Marauders and First Special Service Force (WW2), a Stoner assault rifle or machine gun (Vietnam), as well as Propaganda and Psychological Operations materials from all periods. Individuals and organizations wishing to offer appropriate artifacts are encouraged to contact Director/Curator Roxanne Merritt.

Gift Shop

Proceeds from Gift Shop sales go to support museum operations. Available items include a fascinating selection of Special Operations books, souvenirs and apparel. Mail order sales are handled through the website at www.jfkgiftshop.org or by phone at (910) 436-2366.

No-Sweat Visitor Passes

These are tough times for the many museums located on military bases. Attendance is way down due to the strict security measures in response to increased threats from terrorist organizations. Clearance for entering the bases is an unfamiliar task for most civilians who can’t be blamed for being reluctant to undergo the scrutiny necessary to get a visitor pass.

But those with determination and a few simple preparations will find the entry process for Fort Bragg and most other bases rather quick and painless and the payoff will be more than worthwhile:

• Call or visit the museum’s website in advance for directions and hours of operation
• Make sure there are no weapons or ammo in your vehicle
• Have current drivers license, vehicle registration and insurance card
• Watch for signs that direct you to a lane for “vehicles without decals”

Find Out More

JFK Special Warfare Museum is located in the main post area of Fort Bragg, North Carolina (near Fayetteville) at Bldg. D-2502 at Ardennes and Marion Streets. Telephone (910) 432-4272 or (910) 432-1533. Their website is www.soc.mil/swcs/museum.shtml. It is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday (closed Mondays except certain holidays). There is no admission charge but donations are greatly appreciated.

Special Forces Association www.sfahq.org

Ranger Association
www.ranger.org
OSS Society
http://osssociety.org
Central Intelligence Agency www.cia.gov
US Army Special
Operations Command
www.soc.mil