Son Tay, 21 Nov 1970
 

Colonel Bull Simons and his men raided Son Tay, North Vietnam in an attempt to rescue American POWs on November 21, 1970, 44 years ago.

Because as Colonel Simons, said, "This is something American prisoners have a right to expect from their fellow Soldiers."

Those warriors are getting older now, and many are gone.

Thanks for trying, gents.

TR

Here, Here
 

Here, Here. A Toast to all of them.

I had just graduated from training group and assigned to 6th SFG. They were asking for volunteers to go to Florida with possible combat pay :D I woke up early one morning and looked out the barracks window and saw them loading up several duce and a half's full of gear. We didn't know until a few months later what they were up to.

Talking with a few of them after returning said they had killed a lot of NVA in their beds. They had turned the POW camp into an NVA officers training camp.

a lot of brave quiet professionals on that raid.

Heros.

Respect and great gratitude of thank you for leading the way for all of these men.

Had breakfast and dinner with one of the Son Tay radars on the 21's. always good listening to what they did back then.......

Served under one Son Tay Raider and met three others. All very impressive people.

Son Tay
 

Well, I hope you guys don't think that we are all gone. Still a few left and really appreciate all of your kind remarks. Our next reunion will be at Bragg in 2016. Hope to see some of you there. I didn't make the one this year. Had a little cancer recovery to deal with.

Slugger 11

Green Leaf Element

Glad to see you recovered Slugger and would love to read an after action report on the reunion.