On November 25, 1971, while on a TDY assignment, Jim was on a rescue mission which successfully retrieved 13 soldiers whose helicopter had been shot down. Jim's chopper took ground fire during the rescue, and the crew stopped at a forward base camp to make sure the chopper was safe to fly. 

The soldiers got off at that time.

On the flight back to its home base at Bien Hoa, the chopper took more fire and the pilot was hit. It began a slow descent and impacted in a river, breaking in
two. Three crew members were found dead.

The two crew members standing next to Jim both got out and were recovered by friendly forces. A local fisherman who saw the crash said a third man, wearing a white t-shirt, also escaped. Jim was the only one wearing a white t-shirt. One side of the river was controlled by friendly forces, and the other by enemy troops.

When American Prisoners of War were released in 1973, Jim Thomas was not among them. He remains unaccounted for.

Since the war ended, thousands of reports have been received concerning Americans still in captivity in Southeast Asia, but the U.S. has been unable to secure freedom for any of those who remain. Jim's wife and daughters wonder if one of them is Jim.

Isn't it time they knew?

It's long past time.

If this hasn't convinced you to get involved, maybe you just need more information.
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It will take you to a page by Jim's daughter, Kim.

She has not quit.  How can we?