Hand-to-hand in combat

[William F. Owen]

I believe most of the H2H incidents in Vietnam involved Special Forces. For example, I believe MSG Roy Benavidez' MOH citation mentions that he killed an assailant in H2H and there were other times when border camps and recon teams were being overrun that it came down to H2H.

Interesting you should mention this. When I interviewed some 14 SOG 1-0s none of them could ever remember anyone being involved in true Hand-to-hand combat other than Benavidez. The actual question i asked was could they remember any member of a Recon Team killing the enemy with a knife.

The only other exception often mentioned was the 1968 sapper attack on the CCN FOB at Da Nang.