John Stryker Meyer

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 Vietnam War.

Meyer's first book was a nonfiction Second Indochina War memoir, first published in 2003, titled Across the Fence: The Secret War in Vietnam.

Early life
Meyer attended Trenton State College.

Military career
Meyer enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1966. 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.

Awards and decorations

 * Combat Infantry Badge.svg Combat Infantryman Badge
 * US Army Airborne basic parachutist badge.gif Parachutist Badge (United States)
 * Army Commendation Medal ribbon.svg Army Commendation Ribbon
 * Air Medal ribbon.jpg Army Air Medal
 * National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg National Defense Service Medal
 * Vietnam Service Ribbon.svg Vietnam Service Medal
 * Vietnam Campaign Medal ribbon.png Vietnam Campaign Medal
 * Presidential Unit Citation ribbon.svg Presidential Unit Citation (United States) 2001, Studies and Observations Group
 * Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation GallantryCross.jpg
 * SpecForces.gif Army Special Forces Tab


 * US Army Special Forces SSI.png  SpecialForces Badge.svg

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Published writings

 * Author, Across the Fence: The Secret War in Vietnam Amazon Books 2003
 * Meyer, John Stryker and Peters, John E. On the Ground the Secret War in Vietnam 2007 ISBN 0977143171