Pt.1 MACV-SOG/NAVY/PJ vet turned Doctor (CCC RT DELAWARE 1-0), Jim "Wild Carrot" Jones-Shorten

In 1964 I joined the Navy as a Dental Tech. I also spent 22 months in DaNang, Vietnam. In 1968 I joined the Army Special Forces (Green Berets). After finishing jump school at Benning and SF School at Ft. Bragg, I put in for orders to go back to Vietnam, so I did for another 18 months I was with A-502 in Nha Trang for a while then went to Kontum were I was the team leader for Rt. Delaware, Special Operations, CCC, 1970 (MACV-SOG). There I ran missions in Laos and Cambodia. I came back to the US in January of 1971, went to college in San Jose, California then Police Department After a year I really didn't like the PD so I left. I joined the USAF and became a Pararescueman with the 129th ARRS (Parachuting paramedic). I was one of the rescuers on the Mt St. Helens disaster, the first 3 landings of the Space Shuttle, chase rescue for President Carter and Senator Kennedy, plane crashes in the mountains and rescue of seamen at sea. One of my most daring rescues was that of a seaman who had a ruptured appendix. My team mate and I flew out 1700 miles and parachuted into 30 foot seas. I was so sea sick! We did manage to get the patient ready to hoist up into a helicopter. We flew him to Coos Bay, Oregon, were he survived the ordeal. After being injured on a few rescues it was time for me to get out. I returned to college, took pre-med, went to Chiropractic College for 4 years, then did a 3 year residency in Radiology. I'm presently with Advanced Open MRI and Desert Rose Radiology here in Tucson, Arizona. Show support https://paypal.me/ReconnaissanceCast?... The shows patreon   / thereconnaissancecast