James McLeroy
James D. McLeroy has a BA degree in literature and an MA degree in history from the University of Texas at Austin. In 1965, with a double draft-deferment as a certified high school teacher over the draft age, he voluntarily enlisted in the Army as a private. After completing the Basic, AIT, Infantry Officer Candidate, Airborne, Ranger, and Jumpmaster courses at Fort Benning, GA; the Special Forces Officers course and SF Vietnam Pre-Mission course at Fort Bragg, NC; and the Jungle Warfare course in Panama, he was assigned to the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam in 1967. In 1968., after serving five months at Ha Thanh SF camp in Quang Ngai Province, I Corps, he volunteered for SOG. He received a top-secret clearance and was assigned to Op 35, FOB 4 as the assistant operations officer and officer-in-charge of the covert, cross-border launch site at Kham Duc SF camp in Quang Tin Province, I Corps. In his subsequent civilian career he was an international corporate executive, an international commercial banker, and an international financial consultant. He is now retired in a suburb of Phoenix, AZ. He is the co-author of BAIT: The Battle of Kham Duc published by Casemate."