Entering special forces; PAC desk at NMCC; Yankee Team operations; role in planning operations; dealings with the White House; Ambassador William Sullivan; Barrell Roll and Steel Tiger; Van Ken Bridge; early special forces service in Bad Tolz; counterinsurgency; War College; Vietnam special forces group; mission of special forces, 1966-1967; Operation Attleboro; effectiveness of special forces during tour of duty; special forces in the 1960s and today
Oral history transcript, Charles M. Simpson and John McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 5/2/1984, by Ted Gittinger
Citation
Oral history transcript, Charles M. Simpson and John McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 5/2/1984, by Ted Gittinger, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-simpsonc-19840502-1-84-79