James White

James White is a veteran who served in the United States Marine Corps for six years as a helicopter crew-chief. He flew in Cuba, then combat flying in the Civil War of Santo Domingo (1965), and an extended tour in Vietnam. He then inter-service transferred into the Army as an officer, where he served as a helicopter pilot. He served in various airborne units while serving multi-tours in Vietnam, first flying ‘Aero-Scouts’ and then Cobras for a classified operation.
Jim is a disabled veteran from the Vietnam War currently incarcerated at Ironwood State Prison. He has written and published books about his military service, including a well-received book "Laotion Highway Patrol", which is a historical novel based on his flying Cobras for MAC-V-SOG. Jim is a Life Member of the Special Operations Association, the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association, and the Disabled American Veterans Association. He is the co-founder of the HMM-262 Helicopter (Vietnam) Association. He and his wife have four children.
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