Authorizes a single Congressional Gold Medal to honor the service members of MACV–SOG for their World War II–era Vietnam War operations, directs the Treasury to strike the medal, and requires donation of the gold medal to the Smithsonian for display and research. It also lets the Mint produce and sell bronze duplicates at cost, classifies the medals as national numismatic items, and directs costs and receipts to flow through the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund.
MACV–SOG was established in January 1964 as a dedicated joint military task force to conduct high-risk and special activities in the denied areas of North Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
MACV–SOG conducted deep-penetration reconnaissance, sabotage, direct-action missions, rescue missions for downed pilots, prisoner-of-war snatches, bomb-damage assessments, wiretaps, psychological operations, and maritime operations against the North Vietnamese.
MACV–SOG is described as one of the most distinguished and elite special operations units in U.S. military history, having set standards for modern special operations forces; twelve MACV–SOG operators have been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Between 1964 and 1972, approximately 1,579 U.S. personnel are listed as missing or killed while serving with MACV–SOG; this represents more than half of all Green Beret fatalities during the Vietnam War, and more than 50 MACV–SOG team members remain missing in action.
MACV–SOG’s innovative tactics, integration with indigenous forces, and mastery of direct action and special warfare created a blueprint for modern special operations; many strategies, technologies, and doctrines they pioneered are now standard across elite military units.
Primary direct beneficiaries are MACV–SOG veterans (and their surviving family members) who receive formal national recognition; the award also provides a permanent public artifact for historical research and display. The Smithsonian Institution will receive and steward the gold medal and may host or loan it for related exhibitions, increasing public access to MACV–SOG history. The United States Mint will produce the medal and manage sales of bronze duplicates; sale receipts and production costs flow through the Mint’s Public Enterprise Fund, so there is no new appropriation but limited administrative workload and small fiscal transfers within existing federal accounts. Collectors and members of the public may purchase bronze duplicates at cost recovery prices; this provides a channel for commemorative engagement and modest revenue to the Mint. Overall fiscal impact is minimal and managed within the Mint’s existing fund; the bill does not impose obligations on state or local governments or create ongoing programmatic responsibilities for other federal agencies.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Last progress June 5, 2025 (8 months ago)
Introduced on June 5, 2025 by Theodore Paul Budd
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