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| Jim Michener and Quoc, a Vietnamese refugee in Hong Kong, before his departure for America. | |||
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| 015/1995 | |||
| Jim Michener and Secretary Jon, DPRK Embassy, Vientiane, on Route 13 South. | |||
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| 019/1998 | |||
| Jim Michener and John Haseman, Phou Vao Hotel, Luang Prabang. | |||
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| 020/1998 | |||
| Jim Michener, John Haseman and Bounpheng at the foot of the stairs to Phou Si, Luang Prabang. Bounpheng's father had been Prince Phetsarath's stable master. | |||
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| Jim Michener, 22, Dong Ba Thin (opposite Cam Ranh Bay) BOQ (bachelors officers quarters), November 1966. Photo supplied by Josh Figueroa on 17 October 2005. Josh, who had been a test pilot, was Jim's in-country IP, instructor pilot. Josh received a Purple Heart for a mission they had flown together -- flying low level through a mountain pass on the Song (river) Tra Buon near Dong Tre, their aircraft was shot up, and Josh was injured. Josh, who had flown in the Korean War, prepared Jim to become ROK MG Byong H. Lew's personal pilot. | |||
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| Jim Michener, 22, Phan Thiet airstrip, RVN, February 1967. | |||
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| On the Phan Rang Plain, Bulldog 354 crashed and burned on 18 March 1967. Jim Michener, 22, was the pilot. Bill Rewey was the crew chief. Bill's nephew sent this photo to Jim on 7 March 2007, mere weeks before the 40th anniversary of the demise of 354. He also informed Jim that his uncle had committed suicide on 18 December 2005. Major Moses, a battalion intelligence officer with the 101st Airborne Division, received the Soldier's Medal for dragging Jim out of the burning wreckage. | |||
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| Jim Michener, 23, ROK "Tiger Division" Headquarters (near Lane Field), Qui Nhon, RVN, May 1967. The next month, Jim became the personal pilot for the CG (commanding general) of the Division, MG (major general) Byong H. Lew. | |||
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| Thailand-Laos-Cambodia Brotherhood (TLCB) initial memorial dedication ceremony, Nakhon Phanom, Thailand, 3 October 2002. | |||
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| Key to Who's Who. | |||
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| 26 May 2004 photograph of Jim Michener taken at Chiang Mai's night market. | |||
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| From left to right, 13 June 1995 photograph of Cuba Honorary Consul to Thailand Sofia Kashany, DPRK (North Korea) Vice Premier Kong Jin Thae, Contessa Isabel Suarez von Vacani, DPRK Ambassador to Thailand Li Do Sop, Laos DPRK Embassy Commercial Attaché Chae Rak Won and Jim Michener at the Imperial Hotel, Wireless Road, Bangkok. | |||
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