Helicopter over the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos (Fred Thompson 174ahc.org).
Gary Matson & Jim Helm
SFC Jim Bolen
No Guts no Glory By Jim Bolen
Jim Bolen
Jim Bolen Map Reading
TOP SECRET MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATION
Jim on a SOG mission inside the Cambodian jungle.
Members of RT Auger (L to R) Me, Nay Bunn, Mang Koah and Sgt Bari Knowles
This is a picture of the awards ceremony –Jim Bolen, Sgt Knowles, SSG Fisher and SSG Carle
Top Secret Memo of congratulations from General Abrams.
Jim Bolen with some of the weapons haul
SSG Fisher, Jim Bolen and SSG Carle. With a small selection of the many hundreds of weapons we destroyed. They
included SKS small arms rifles, AK-47s, RPGs, PKM and RPDs and HMG .51 caliber small and large crew
served machine guns.
Lt. Kroske and me the following morning. Lt. Kroske was truly an elite and brave soldier who went MIA
(Missing in Action) in February, 1969, and was declared KIA (Killed in Action) at a later date.
Jim, 4th from the left on front row, and his team RT Auger with the 20th SOS air crew preparing to board a
Huey for a more conventional SOG mission to the Sihanouk Trail.