John Stryker Meyer

Infobox Military Person
name= John Stryker Meyer
born= Birth year and age|1948|12
died=
placeofbirth= Trenton, New Jersey
placeofdeath=


caption= John Stryker Meyer
nickname= Tilt
allegiance=United States of America flagicon|USA
serviceyears=1967–1974?
rank=
branch=United States Army Special Forces
commands=
unit=5th Special Forces Group, Studies and Observations Group
battles=Vietnam War
awards=
relations=
laterwork=Author

John Stryker "Tilt" Meyer (born March 3, 1948) is an American author and U.S. Army Special Forces combat veteran of service in covert reconnaissance with the Studies and Observations Group, also known as MACV-SOG. Meyer resides in California, since 1985, and has published two works of nonfiction related to his experiences in the Second Indochina War (Vietnam War).

Meyer's first book was a nonfiction Second Indochina War memoire, first published in 2003, titled "Across the Fence: The Secret War in Vietnam" [ [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0974361801/theatlanticmonthA/ref=nosim/ Amazon Books] ] .

Early life

Military career

Meyer enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1966, completing basic training at . He was accepted into the United States Army Airborne School and became airborne qualified.

U.S. Army Special Forces

As U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War increased, the United States began deploying Special Forces "A-teams" (Operational Detachment Alpha, or ODA, teams) to Southeast Asia in support of counterinsurgency operations against the Viet Cong, North Vietnamese and other Communist forces.

Education

Trenton State College [ [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200708u/kaplan-vietnam/2 Rereading Vietnam "The Atlantic" 2008] ] .

Awards and decorations

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* Parachutist Badge (United States)
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*ribbon devices|number=0|ribbon=GallantryCrossRibbon.jpg|width=60 Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation
* Army Special Forces Tab

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Published writings

*Author, "Across the Fence: The Secret War in Vietnam" [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0974361801/theatlanticmonthA/ref=nosim/ Amazon Books] 2003
*Meyer, John Stryker and Peters, John E. "On the Ground the Secret War in Vietnam" 2007 [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=John%20Stryker%20Meyer]

ee also

*Studies and Observations Group

References

External links

* [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200708u/kaplan-vietnam/2 Rereading Vietnam "The Atlantic" 2008 by Kaplan, Robert D.]