Colonel Perter Tang
(USAVR) entered the U.S. Army,
5th Special Forces, in
1965, Nha Trang City, Vietnam. After the basic training, he
served as a Deputy Squad Leader in the Special Operations team in Phu
Quoc island. In January 1966, he was promoted to Squad Leader and
transfered to Company 461 stationed in Sector Hai Yen, Camau.
April 1966, he joined Tiger Platoon and promoted to Deputy Platoon
Leader. After a sucessful victory in Tan Hung Dong combat, he's
promoted to Platoon Leader in June, 1966. He was then transfered
to Detachment B-50 in August, 1966. Here, he established a RECON
Platoon and became RECON Platoon Leader. After then, he took a
special training in RECON and Airborne. Jan/1967 he was
assigned RECON team #8 leader and acting RECON
Platoon Leader with advisor SSG Jay Massey, and assistant advisor
SSG Kepphat. In August/68, his unit joined with B-56 unit to
become a RECON Company, a C.C.S. unit. At this time his team
changed name to SEIKO and he was promoted to Company Commander.
Until October/1970, he was assigned to B-15 (C.C.C.) in
Kontum. After then his unit changed name to IOWA with
advisor SSG Gunnarson and assistant advisor SGT Davis.
During this time his unit operated in HoChiMinh Trail, Laos and
Cambodia. Colonel Tang retired in March/1972 when the 5th Special
Forces withdrew out of Vietnam.
In 1973, Colonel Tang became an advisor to the CIDG unit in Long
Khanh. October 1974, he was captured by Communist (VC) and spent
8 months as a POW. In 1990 he left Vietnam to refugee Camp in
Hong Kong and stayed there until November, 1994 before settling
in the U.S. While in Hong Kong, he volunteered to be a
member of the Fire Fighter unit and later became a Unit
Commander. Additionally, he established a group of former 5th
Special Forces Vietnam NUNG commandos in Hong Kong Refugee camp.
After settling in the U.S., Colonel Tang re-established the former 5th
Special Forces Vietnam NUNG Commandos Association in 2001 with over 100
members.
In January 2004, Colonel Tang brought all of his members to join
USV-JSC.
Colonel Tang currently serves as J4 at the National Headquarters,
USV-JSC.
