MACV SOG Project SIGMA / Mike Force / Canadian Vietnam vet Jim MacKay Part2
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- Опубликовано: 12 апр 2024
- Jim comes back and chats to host, author of Pucker Factor stories of MACV SOG, Jason B Collins. Jim talks about his time with Project Sigma and Mike force and some of his later tours in central America. Always an interesting convo with these two.
You have led a very full life Jim! Looking forward to more experiences!
I cannot thank you enough for finally getting my brother's jim story out there.Over the years I had the pleasure of meeting some of Jim's S.F. buddies and every story i heard growing up was backed up by these men....that's when I knew how much a HERO he is.He's a special man who had extremely special parents Thank you again for recording his story...love's ya brother
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As a fellow Canadian i felt it was very important to get his story out.
Jim boy, Thank You, being a self described “local” and proud to have also had the privy to gaze and bring younger generations to hear casual banter, you have my upmost respect and ear, truly the best entertainment on Any platform, Thank you also Jason, good job, the only thing I ever subscribed or followed.
Jim, till next trip, stay thirsty my friend…
I can attest to him being a magical Santa Claus. I was old enough to know better but the kids (most of them his nephews and nieces) had the best Santa ever. He brought something magical to everything. No matter the holiday or occasion, he exuded happiness and good will
JIM TALKED ABOUT THIS -
The journalists left the hotel for Chalatenango at 3:00 p.m. on 17 March. They picked up "Commander Óscar", a commander of the Farabundo Martí Popular Liberation Forces, and "Rubén", a child soldier who was their guide for the trip in San Salvador.[13] At around 4 p.m., the crew stopped at a bridge colloquially called "the Golden Bridge", which marked the border between government and guerrilla territory, and they filmed themselves with the soldiers guarding the bridge.[9]
When the crew passed the El Paraíso barracks, they noticed a jeep began to follow them but it eventually went away.[1][9] At around 5 p.m., the journalists and their guide turned off the main road and drove up a road called Calle Santa Rita connecting El Paraíso to Cantón Piedras Gordas, Santa Rita, and San Rafael, where they met 3 more guerrillas named "Martín," "Carlos," and "Tello," after which, their driver, Armin Friedrich Wertz, returned to San Salvador since they planned to stay with the guerrillas for several days.[1][9] The 9 men walked into the jungle, but they were ambushed by the army with 8 of the being killed.[1][9] "Martín" was the only survivor.[1] According to Thomas Buergenthal, a member of the United Nations' Truth Commission for El Salvador, "the military waited for them and basically executed them."[14] Their driver was notified of the massacre at 7am the next day.[9] The bodies of the journalists were returned to San Salvador.[9]