Knowing these guys had explosives on me and he turns back to me, I have to make the perfect

final column shot because I don't kill him, I want to be paralyzed. Super slow motion, I'm waiting

for the band to go off like 45. And the next thing I know, bam, he throws his 45 right next

to my ear and takes the perfect shot. Welcome to Combat Story. I'm Ryan Fugid and I serve

Warzone Tours as an army attack helicopter pilot and CIA officer over a 15 year career.

I'm fascinated by the experiences of the elite in combat. On this show, I interview some of

the best to understand what combat felt like on their front lines. This is Combat Story.

Today we hear the combat story of Jim Horn, former Marine Corps platoon leader and company

commander and 25 year FBI agent. Jim did two tours in Vietnam surviving near death experiences

on several occasions. Here in the Silver Star and a company on company level battle,

on remote hill tops fighting suicide attackers, for coilous rifles, rockets and calling

in danger close rounds and air strikes. After the Marine Corps, Jim went on to a fascinating

career in the field as an FBI agent that included work with SWAT, a violent crime profiler and

leading the Bureau's trauma program. Jim doesn't hold back when sharing the special bonds

he experienced with his fellow Marines, holding the line in these profound but common battles

so far from home. And I hope you enjoy these down to earth. I know Oklahoma's stories as much as I

did. Jim, thanks for taking the time to share your story with us today. My pleasure.

And just before we started recording, we were talking about how you have lived what many might

consider a fairly violent life. And I wanted to start there in terms of we're going to talk through

two tours in Vietnam, work with SWAT at the Bureau, and then helping people through some of the

emotional trauma that comes with that. And I wonder if we look back at you growing up as a kid.

Would you have envisioned that that was what was coming ahead for you?

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