I just wanted to share some bio info that was not widely known apparently about Col Simons (I tried to cut and paste from my FB memorial)
Col Arthur David Simons (1918 - 1979) - Find A Grave Memorial
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...&GRid=11175909
US Army special forces, the 7th SFG (A), codenamed "Hotfoot," entered Laos in 1959, commanded by Lt. Col. Arthurd D. "Bull" Simons, coming with 12 mobile training teams, later called the White Star Training Teams.
As a result, the US had special forces on both sides of the Laotian-Vietnamese borders, and it was common for them to cross borders and to cooperate. As an aside, Colonel Bull Simons , during WWll was the XO of the 6th ranger Bn who, led by Col Mucci and 2 teams from the Alamo Scouts, liberated the Cabanatuan prison camp saving over 500 american POWs held in the Phillipeans.
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