MSG James Conacher - Salina, KS

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I posted this a week ago on the SFA general form and haven't gotten any responses so I thought I'd try here.

My spring issue of The Drop carried an obituary for James R. Conacher, a retired MSG I wish I’d gotten to know. Jim was an interesting guy. He was an avid skydiver and the obit said he was involved in rigging modifications for the first combat HALO operation while assigned to MACV-SOG.

Among other things his obituary said “From February 1977 to his retirement in November 1979, Jim was an advisor for the Special Forces National Guard out of Salina, KS.”

Conacher’s obituary caught my eye because I was living in Salina at that time. I don’t recall hearing anything about an SFNG unit there or anywhere nearby, nor about any training operations in the area.

Does anyone else here remember him? Can anyone tell me any more about Jim or about SFNG training ops in or near Salina, KS in the late 70’s?