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James Gordon "Bo" Gritz (; born January 18, 1939) is a former United States Army Special Forces officer who served in the Vietnam War. His post-war activitiesnotably attempted POW rescues in conjunction with the Vietnam War POW/MIA issuehave proven controversial. Gritz may be most notable for his two United States presidential campaigns in association with the white nationalist America First party in 1988 and 1992. In 1988, Gritz ran as vice president with former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan David Duke. A vocal advocate for the re-institution of racial segregation in states that pass laws to allow it, Gritz ran in 1992 under the slogan: "God, Guns and Gritz," and published an isolationist political manifesto entitled "The Bill of Gritz". Among other things, the "Bill of Gritz" called for the complete closing of the border with Mexico, and the dissolution of the Federal Reserve.〔Newell G. Bringhurst and Craig L Foster (2008). ''The Mormon Quest for the Presidency'' (Ann Arbor, Mich.: John Whitmer Books, ISBN 1-934901-11-3) pp. 208–226.〕 Gritz lives near Sandy Valley, Nevada, with his wife Judy. ==U.S. military service== Gritz was born on January 18, 1939 in Enid, Oklahoma. His father served in the Army Air Force in World War II and was killed in action. He was raised by his maternal grandparents on patriotic stories of his father's heroics in the war. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on August 20, 1957 and shortly thereafter attended Officer Candidate School (OCS). He was promoted to the rank of captain on April 15, 1963 and to major on June 13, 1967. As a lieutenant colonel in Vietnam, he commanded detachment "B-36", U.S. Army Special Forces 5th SFG for a time. B-36 was a mixed American and South Vietnamese unit which operated in the III Corps area of Southern South Vietnam.〔 He served in a variety of assignments until his retirement in 1979 at the rank of lieutenant colonel. Gritz has claimed that he received an array of military awards, and this claim has been drawn into question. A memo regarding his awards and award recommendations during his time in Vietnam seems to indicate that Gritz was personally involved with the recommendation of some of his medals, including the Legion of Merit, and that some of his awards recommendations cited the same missions and incidents, effectively awarding Gritz multiple medals for the same missions, including the Legion of Merit, Air Medal, Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Army Commendation Medal.〔http://www.miafacts.org/gritz.htm〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bo Gritz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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