James Nicholas "Nick" Rowe (February 8, 1938 – April 21, 1989) was a United States Army officer and one of only 34 American prisoners of war to escape ...

Col Rowe returned to active duty on March 12, 1981, and served as Chief of the Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape (SERE) School at Fort Bragg, North ...

On 21 April 1989, while enroute to the Joint U.S. Military Assistance Group (JUSMAG) compound in Manila, Philippines, Colonel (COL) James N. Rowe was killed by ...

COL James N. “Nick” Rowe was born in McAllen, Texas, 8 February 1938. Upon graduation from the US Military Academy in 1960, he joined Special Forces in 1961.

A native of McAllen,. Texas, Nick Rowe graduated from. West Point in 1960 as a Second. Lieutenant in Field Artillery. He completed Airborne and Ranger. School ...

Mar 10, 2017 · Now, more than 11 years after his April 21, 1989, death at the hands of a Philippine communist hit squad, Rowe has become a near-mythic figure ...

Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran James N. Rowe, a Special Forces advisor who escaped captivity in Vietnam and helped develop SERE tactics.

Bio. As the Executive Officer of Special Forces (SF) Operational Detachment A-23, 5th Special Forces Group (SFG), then-1LT James N. 'Nick' Rowe, along with MSG ...

United States Army Officer, James N. Rowe arrived in Vietnam in 1963. He admits being more prepared than the average soldier, since he had previously studied ...

Sep 5, 2023 · Rowe was captured in 1963 in Vietnam, his life became an intensely grueling endeavor that few could have survived. Rowe had been in Vietnam for ...