Troy,
Jim was in the midst of a vacation with his new wife, and he stopped in the evening before and hung out until we said goodnight, then they left the morning we went out to get our picture made.
I kidded with Jim that I was going to cut his image out of some other picture I got, and paste it in that one somewhere. There;s been a lot of people ask about where he was.
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He missed the 2nd Reunion because it was during the time his 1st wife passed away, but will be at all succeding ones.
This is Judy & David Knight on the left, about to have dinner with Beverly & Jim Ketcham at the Hotel the evening before.
(Little story behind David Knight.... he was #2 Gunner on "
Co$t of Living", and DEROS'd just 3 days before
Co$t of Living" was lost up at Bong Son...... but didn't learn of the death of his buddies until the VHCMA Reunion in 1998, when he asked Ketcham if he'd ever heard anything from his fellow crewmates over the years.
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........... David & Jim are two of the nicest people you'd ever want to meet.)
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The media would have you believe that all Vietnam Vets turned out a few fries shy of a Happy Meal; David owns and operates a large Cattle Ranch down just south of Ft. Worth, and Jim is the main man at the Chinook Flight Simulator Complex at Ft. Rucker}}
Frank