The Most Terrifying Man of the Vietnam War 

They asked if he wanted help and he basically said, "I'm not trapped in the jungle with them, they're trapped in here with me" what a fucking legend

Any time a story starts with a guy named "Mad Dog" you know it's gonna be good.

My uncle was a fullblood Indian and did 3 tours. When he died a few years after the war (murdered), the Commandant of the Marines attended his funeral because my uncle was the most decorated Vietnam vet of his state. RIP

"I've got them surrounded from the inside" hit deeper than it should have

I knew Jerry Shriver; I served with the 20th Special Operations Squadron Green Hornets; he was the most vicious; Brutal man I ever met; he was the Greatest Special Forces troop I ever met...who ever lived; he bought me a Beer once; God Bless you Jerry..

This is my dad's cousin. His own Co was afraid of his boldness. I grew up with stories of his exploits and still have the article declaring his death after being listed as MIA for years. He asked his chopper pilot to take care of the dog and his bounty was actually $25,000. Highest bounty on an American soldier at the time. I'm proud that this hero is part of our family's history. We have a great line of military men and women in our family history.

My father is a vietnam green beret veteran. There is a lot he cannot and does not tell me. He had a lot of friends around him where they would talk about flying to and from certain areas. I love him dearly. He has written an account of his tours in a diary for his therapy. I'm still amazed at the ferocity of these people.

My father was a charter member of the 101 airborne screaming eagles. He went in before ww2. He was a master Sargent at 18 and was in Bastogne, and D day and so much more. He was tough as nails. He was a great man and i was with him till his last breath at 84. Warriors are born. We are lucky to have such great men in our history.

"Got 'em right where I want em, surrounded from the inside", is one of the most OG things I've EVER heard. R.I.P. Mad Dog

My step mother-in-law was Mad Dog's sister and my Father-in-law was a friend and fellow SOG member Harvey "Hippy" Saal. Harvey told me he was on the clean up team to recover Mad Dog's body. He told me that he believed that found the location where Mad Dog had fought to the death and his body was captured as a trophy, but as stated no proof was ever provided by the North. Mad Dog is a true hero.

"He convinced me that for the rest of my life, I'd never go into a bar and cross someone I didn't know." Whoa😮

My old man is in there somewhere. He quit counting at 50 kills. I love him so much, glad he made it out.

Men like that don't die of old age

My Dad served 2 tours in Vietnam, he was also in the 101st airborne, he was very proud to have been a screaming eagle, he served 20 years,retired and became a police officer for 18 more,very proud of my dad

Never met a Vietnam vet that would tell stories about their time there. Maybe with other vets but not civilians

When my mom got back from desert storm they gave them a parade she was expected to be there afterwards going to her car she was met by a Vietnam vet in a wheelchair he saluted her and gave her a sweatshirt with American flag on it and proud to be an American she said she was never so honored in her career

“…surrounded from the inside!” What a heroic statement!!

Not so much the killing, but the kindness and charity he showed to his mountain allies is what makes him a true hero.

I’ve heard most of the stories about mad dog shriver, but anytime I see a video about him or SOG in general, I have to watch it even if I have seen it before

They need to make a major movie about mad dog.This man is a legend. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

He didn’t die…he snuck away to become Colonel Kurtz.

He should have also been awarded the congressional medal of honor. A true American hero.

I worked with one of these guys, best stories ever. Only second to a guy who I knew who was on the beaches at Normandy. But he was a Navy radio guy, he stormed the beach but then he got back on the ship so his stories while awesome we mostly Normandy. Third would be my grandfather but he was an airplane mechanic and never saw combat his stories are all work all day party all night, lol. Other grandfather did see combat, Battle of the Bulge, only heard stories about him, drank, drugged and fought his way to an early grave. Got a good friend who earned a Bronze Star for Valor in Combat in Iraq, but he doesn't like to talk about it. Somethings sound better when it's not reality.

My boss was in Vietnam and told me about a guy nicknamed “Crazy Chuck” who was on his 4th tour and in the field even the LT listened to him. He used an AK-47 because that’s what the “bad guys” used and didn’t want to be tracked down. He would go out on his own scouting and come back days later. Scariest man he said he even knew.

As bad as it sounds a man that committed was better off not seeing the US pull out of Vietnam.

I carried a brand new M3 grease gun on my second tour up on the dmz. I was also in the 101st. Flying at tree top level, low and slow,our mission as Air Cav Scouts was to locate the enemy either visually or by smell, they quickly fired at us, and sometimes bring us down in their mists. The M3 was perfect being a short range cannon for when we were brought down. At the end of my second tour, I miriculed it a new guy that I trained up to be a aero scout. I hope he made it home, as I often wonder about that.

Able to just listen. Thank you for that. Dark Skies is perhaps the best channel I've come across. Thank you for all your hard work

Any guy that protects his dog like this, he is good people.

100% respect. I still believe America has men capable of similar heroic acts & patriotism. There may be a few less, but I still believe in Americans & am proud to be one.

"I don't need help...I've surrounded them from the inside." This guy means business.

Dad served with him, spoke of him often. Was amazing to hear and see stories of the man, myth, and legend. Thank you for making this.

That was a grenade launcher, not a sawed off shotgun. My dad was in Vietnam and told me one time 30 guys went out on patrol and only 4 returned. He's seen some awful things that still haunt him.

A true American hero. God-bless all who have served this great country. ❤🇺🇲

When a psychopaths mind is put to good use

My best friend was in the Special Forces in Viet Nam in 1966. He told me a lot of stories of what happened there. As he got older, he blocked out many of those memories because they were so gruesome and painful for him. He died 4 years ago. I was 11 years old when we met, and we had been friends for 62 years when he died. I got drafted in 1967, and I served as well, but I didn't have to go to Nam. It's possible that my friend knew Jerry since there were not that many men in that elite group of soldiers. RIP to all of the brave men who have fought in our wars.

Mad Dog would never adjust to life in America.

These are the type of man who sometimes become what we consider psychopaths in the society. But their unhinged nature is one of the greatest asset a soldier can have.

1:08 "Born Jerry Michael Tate, he was a military brat. His biological father, Henry A Tate, Jr., was in the Air Corps and Air Force. His parents married in 1941 and his father served during WW II in Italy. After the war, the family spends time in Germany and Bermuda. By the time he was 12, Jerry had three younger siblings and his parents had split up. Soon afterwards his mom "Doll" marries another career Air Force man, Dale L Shriver. Jerry and his siblings all take the Shriver surname. Three more siblings were added to his family" "In Dec 1958 - 17 year old Jerry Shriver drops out of South Fork High School (Miranda, CA) to join the Army. He is listed as living in Weott, Humboldt County, California. His mom and step-father live in Sacramento" If you need help with the big words let me know.

I have a POW/MIA bracelet with his name and info on it. I have worn it everyday, 24 hrs a day. He will not be forgotten.

6:35 That is no sawed off shotgun. That is a M79 Grenade Launcher.

Thks for ur awesome stories and videos 👍😎

Why do you keep calling that M79 grenade launcher a sawed off shot gun. It's clearly not a shot gun.

I met Jerry while jogging around the airstrip at Quan Loi. I was a Cobra pilot there with the 11th ACR. We waited until late afternoon to launch, too late to help. Screwed up mission.

Rambo: "_*Im Your Worst Nightmare_* Mad Dog : *_Hold My Beer_*

RIP Brother! We need many more like you today.

Im not a war monger at all but this is an example of what America is missing currently in order to recover from the mess we are in today. Everybody forgot and lost their way. Thank you for this piece.

Great video about this Brave and courageous Mad Dog Warrior. Sadden to learn his remains wee never recovered. At 27 yrs of age and 3 tours almost complete in Vietnam. Mad Dog truly left his mark. 💪🏻🙏🏻✨

I recognized the photo right away. Thats cool you made a video on mad dog. The stories of macvsog are absolutely insane and very worth the listen. Great choice. A true warrior.

0:50 Certified "I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with me" moment

He would get home from patrols and then basically sneak out and go help on other patrols ... holy shit. Dudes basically irl MasterChief

My father is a vietnam vet and is now home on hospice dying from a cancer they said was probably from agent orange exposure. Love you dad so much. Vietnam didn't get you then but caught up now.....😢

My high school tennis coach was a Captain in the Vietnam war. He said the war "was the best time of his life." But again, he was the most competitive person I've ever met in my life. He was definitely wired differently than most of us!

Salute that statement Sir.

Kids today have no idea how many brave men gave their lives to save their freedom to act like idiots

When Shriver wasn't training, he spent his spare time training.

A very dear friend of mine was a Huey pilot (Warrant Officer) during the war. He flew three tours as a slick driver (that's three YEARS, folks!), and by the end was considered so lucky that crews would play craps to find out who would get to fly with him. By his third year he was so senior that he was able to customize his Huey: "Miss Pussy Galore". He survived the war and became an Army VIP pilot, retiring as a CW5, the highest rank a Warrant Officer can achieve. Sadly, I have learned that he was recently been diagnosed with colon cancer at age 84 😒

I joined the Army in 76, and I believe and have seen photos even, and the Vietnam Vet has my utmost respect

My father officially served 3 tours of duty in Vietnam. But he was gone for over ten years. He told me few stories here and there but I didn’t care. I was a little kid. I miss him very much.

The best part, he was only 27 yrs old. What a beast! RIP Mad Dog

As John Plaster's book described it. Most over the boarder missions a SOG Team was facing 100-600 to 1 odds per team member. One particular mission Shriver's team was facing the high end of that scale. Surrounded on a hill top in a ocean of enemy. SOG had a team guy flying on the Foreword Air Control spotter planes (as in the movie BAT-21) to ensure they got the fire missions exactly as they asked for called flying 'Covey'. Because SOG teams would often be surrounded so badly they would give their own position for their air strike and it would freak the pilots out. Shriver's team was back to back on the hill top shooting the enemy in every direction at arms reach with one hand! Each time they dropped an enemy they would grab them and pile their dead bodies in front of them for cover as human sand bags with the other hand. 'Covey' looking down at the team surrounded by thousands of enemy, told Jerry he was not trying to be a downer but was not sure what he could do to help his situation. The commanders listening to the radio in the rear HQ all gasped hearing the situation. Jerry said something like "Thats OK man, I got them right where I want them, Surrounded from the inside! Just give it to me [ the airstrikes] like I tell ya."" Covey replied "Ahhh...Roger?" Everyone listening was stunned at the reply to a team facing a certain death??? With the aircraft stacked in the sky above, Shriver ordered a swath of Napalm to cut a strip through the enemy on one side of the hill. As soon as soon as Jerry seen the jets come over the horizon he told his team to get down pulling the stack of dead bodies down on top of them. The bombs scorched a bowling ally through the enemy. The team then busted out of the pile of dead bodies and ran down the path of burnt human remains it made. Once the team was clear of the hill, Jerry wail running radioed Covey "Now hit them with the B-52s!" B-52s then carpet bombed the entire hill turning the tightly packed enemy into red goo. Jerry intentionally got thousands of enemy against him tightly packed together in order to blast them all at once. This became one of Shriver's signature moves and famously became known as the "Surrounded from the Inside" maneuver. It was said that even when an experienced Green Beret came into SOG, they had to have five cross boarder missions before anyone wanted to hear what you had to say. If you had 10 cross boarder missions you were then a trusted team member. If you had 15 missions you were probability a Team Leader. with the 100%+ casualty rate of SOG, if you had 20 missions it was hard to explain how you were still alive. Jerry Shriver had 52 missions when he went missing after going back to get one of his downed Montanyard team mates. 100%+ casualties meant; Killed, Wounded or Missing in Action, men in SOG had to have been wounded several times in order to hold that statistic. To back-fill their losses they took volunteers from other Special Forces Groups as temporary fill in's, Called 'Operation Snake Bite- One and Two'. My friend 20 year old 'Gonzi' came from 1st Group in Okinawa. Gonzi said Billy Waugh had eight tours in Nam and never finished one, got shot out every time. A SOG Recon team was Two Americans and 6-8 native Montanyard Tribesmen. These guys were not told where they were going, only given a small map sheet of 4x4 kilometers to patrol. When the helicopter dropped them in, Gonzi's more senior Team Leader who had been to Vietnam a couple of tours looked at the Map and looked around in a panic recognizing the terrain . "HOLY SHIT, WE ARE IN THE G-DAMN A Sầu Valley!!!" The most dangerous place on Earth at the time, "They gave us their shit missions!" Shortly after they were in an Ambush and Gonzi was shot in the knee and his TL shot through the chest. The only reason they survived was because their experienced Montanyards were so fast on the M-79 Grenade Launcher that they had three 40mm rounds aloft in a continuous stream of return fire. Allowed him to tape a plastic chest seal on his Team Leader and heave him on his back and run with a bullet in his knee. Unfortunately the tape slipped off and his Team Leader died on his back as they were running to the extraction point.

'His ideas, his methods, became unsound'

THAT is how you title a video! I was all in at first glance, and it didn't let me down either. This is the kind of stuff people need to know about... Kudos!

They got Klaus' stomach upset and he crapped on the floor. The jokers rubbed his nose in it and threw him out. Later Mad Dog shows up in his smoking jacket, puts a .38 on the table, craps on the floor and dares anyone to rub his nose in it. This is from John Plaster's book SOG. Mad Dog was definitely one bad man and a legend. Lost a cousin of my Mom over there in Dec '67. Was in the 101st ABN. KIA in a province NW of Saigon by a booby trap with 2 others on a med call to a village. Was on his 2nd tour of duty. Have a history of family serving in the Armed Forces back to the Civil War. All branches except Coast Guard. Army veteran myself, along with my Dad, 2 brothers, 3 uncles and 2 nephews. One nephew did 5 tours in Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Had a MOS very much in demand by deploying units. I saw where 2 idiots wrote a book on white rural folks are a "danger to democracy". Yeah, go stand in Arlington or any other military and civilian cemetary, look at all the headstones of those veterans and spout that BS. But then, I wouldn't want them desecrating that hallowed ground with their presence. 🇺🇸🇺🇸

Thank you So Much! That was cool. John Basilone comes to mind though. Cool video though. Former Army 11 Break Things here.

Reading accounts of the SOG operators and missions are just incredible.

My Uncle was Force Recon in Vietnam and told me many tales of his brothers in arms. He told me about this guy. I didn't know it was him until you said "Mad Dog". He told me about how he came to his platoon with their interpreter as an "Special Auxiliary" and during their mission volunteered to go with their tunnel rat into a partially cleared tunnel to clear it. Said that he was "enthusiastically vicious" and lived up to his handle. My Uncle didn't remember his real name but described him perfectly. After the mission the guy vanished and my Uncle never met him again in 3 tours. He liked him. Said he was quiet and reliable.

Love that you made a video on this badass. It’s about time someone did one dedicated to this warrior. Out of all you channels and episodes this is my favorite episode yet.

Taking NOTHING away from this fella 🫡… I reckon Every fighting force, in Every conflict, has a “ Mad Dog “ ✊🏻✌🏻

This narrator reminds me of that one kid in English class, that has to try and read too fast. Their tongue gets all gnarled and their lips don't move fast enough. So I just muted it and read the CC. Good vid.

That was excellent! Great presentation!

Often quoted, but so true.. "Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times." the circle continues.. Stronger people are just around the corner.

RIP Mad Dog. Thank you for your relentless bravery.

this man is such a legend that i've been humming the music from this video for weeks...but i just now remembered it was from this video. lmao

That is a cooooold line, bro. "Call an ambulance, call an ambulance! But not for me 😈" type of vibes

The only man i ever loved was a two tour of duty Vietnam Veteran who died of cancer from agent orange. He told me some things about that war but not all. It has been forty years every day I miss him and have been alone because any one else would be making do. After his first tour he went into a bar in NY where they heckled him he threw the heckler against the wall dropped him and went and reupped he said "they didn't want us here". till we meet again Vic.

I think he couldn't fit into a "normal" live back home anyway...

General: Get me a man from Florida.

This man reminds me of a British soldier in World War II, a chap named ‘Mad’ Jack Churchill. He was a legend, too.

Thank you for bringing attention to this amazing soldier who served his nation..The German Shepherd story was a little wrong..The German Shepard went to the bathroom in the bar and they rubbed the dog's nose in it..After hearing this, Mad Dog went into the bar, pulled his pants down and left a big one. He pulled up his pants and asked if anyone wanted to rub his nose in it?? No one dared to even give him a look..It is time to remind the young generation the caliber of people who made this nation, instead of propping up criminals like George floyed..Thanks again..This and many other true stories are in John L Plaster's book SOG..If you can find it, it is worth the read, amazing..

A man among men. God Bless you Jerry Shriver.

How this historical figure and his service and sacrifice to our country hasn't been picked up by some major movie studio and director is a huge disservice. It's one heck of a story and character.

Thank you for your service ❤🤘🙏💯💪🫡🇺🇸

Nothing about the Vietnam war should be classified anymore.

As a veteran involved in 3 combat tours from Panama to Iraq, I have so much respect for our heroes of Vietnam. I would do anything for anyone of them.

When Chuck Norris goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Mad Dog Shriver.

Thank you who ever took the time to put this on youtube...

Thank you for shining a light on guys who need to be remembered.

Now that's a man's man. Thank you all for what you've done for me and my family and this GREAT COUNTRY. RIP Mad Dog. 💯❤️🇺🇸

My cousin was KIA on March 5, 1966 (aged 22) Don Dien Lo Ke, Republic of Vietnam. Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient. This was probably around the time that Mad Dog was just arriving in Vietnam.

"I dont want support,ive got them right where i want them.Surrounded - from the inside" f*cking brilliant.

R.i.p. mad dog.. Glad u stood up for claus

Thank you for your service. Do we know what happened to him this day?

I love how every comment is someone claiming they're related to this dude

Much like a claymore mine, you pointed Mad Dog Shriver towards the enemy.

In Canada In 1986 my captain in recon platoon was a Canadian that went to Veitnam. He was a ranger, long range patrols behind enemy lines for two tours. He came back and joined the Canadian army as a captain. When he told us how to do things, that's how we did them.

Well, as an infantry combat vet of 1971, I think he would have been welcome in our unit, but his belief system was as skewed as those who put us in Vietnam. A good friend older than me just returned from his first trip to Vietnam for the food and beauty of the country. He found a very happy, basically free group of humans. They work, make a living, and are allowed to live the life they choose. A noticeably police free state o0f affairs. Their Buddhist philosophy is very strong and the people are just as I found them, when they weren't fighting for their lives and country. That is, nice, friendly, open humans. We were the storm troopers of horror. Not them. We were the tools of the rich, doing the rich's bidding to try to subjugate an entire people, just as has been done for centuries by the Koreans, Japanese, Chinese, Cambodians, French, etc., etc,..

Mad dog was the nickname given to him not by his friends. But by his enemies. That in itself is scary to think about.

I remember clear as day my dad's buddie growing up. He volunteered to go to Vietnam and he volunteered for a 2nd tour of duty. What I remember clear as day was he was asked by someone why did he go back. He said he had to mow the grass. Obviously as a kid it meant nothing.. but he was chopper gunner

Here i thought i was not normal because i never wanted to leave Iraq or Afghanistan untill everything was done because it made no sense to keep going back to a area over and over again..Then you finally get out of the military and end up struggling to adjust back to life here in America after doing multiple deployments...Excellent video and Thankyou to all that served before me..11B

That comment Shriver said about being surrounded is very similar to what Chesty Puller said in Korea. "All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." I've also heard other versions.