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Bo Gritz
U.S. Army officer (1939–2026)
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James Gordon "Bo" Gritz (; January 18, 1939 – February 27, 2026) was an officer of the United States Army Special Forces who served during the Vietnam War. Following his military career, Gritz became involved in various failed attempts to rescue prisoners of war (POWs) associated with the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue.
In the realm of politics, Gritz ran for the United States presidency in 1992 as a candidate of the Populist Party, advocating an isolationist platform encapsulated in his manifesto, "The Bill of Gritz".
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🇺🇸 Bo Gritz, Vietnam Veteran Called a Real-Life Rambo, Dies at 87He served in the Special Forces, led a postwar raid to find P.O.W.s and became a voice of the right-wing anti-government fringe....
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