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From: Andi Wolos & Bob Necci
(POW-MIA InterNetwork)

Re: James 'Bo' Gritz Found Shot

Date: September 21, 1998

Controversial former Green Beret, Bo Gritz, was found shot late Sunday. He was discovered near a highway around Orofino, Idaho after a phone call to police. Gritz, 59, is hospitalized in stable condition.

Sheriff's department officials immediately classified it as an 'apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.' Hunting season had just begun. No other information has been made public.

Gritz was a central, sometimes controversial figure during the early 1980's with his cross-border forays into Laos and Vietnam in order to gain information on American POWs and MIAs in SEA. He testified before the Senate Select Committee, and is prominently mentioned in several books, most notably - The Heroes Who Fell From Grace by Patterson & Tippin, and BOHICA by the equally controversial Scott Barnes.

Gritz's 'Operation Lazarus Report' may be found at:

Lazarus

SSC Testimony may be found at:

Testimony