Dozier (James Lee, Major)

Bold black ink signature on yellow album page, in very good condition, 8 x 13.6cm.

***Dozier graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1956. He served in the Vietnam War with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment from 1968-1969 ^[4] where he was awarded the Silver Star medal and later served tours of duty at the Pentagon and in West Germany. Dozier was kidnapped from his apartment in Verona at approximately 6 pm on December 17, 1981, by four men posing as plumbers. It was later reported that as many as four additional terrorists provided support with multiple vehicles. The Red Brigades held Dozier for 42 days until January 28, 1982, when a team of special operations unit of the Italian police successfully carried out his rescue from an apartment in Padua, without firing a shot, capturing the entire terrorist cell. The guard, Ugo Milani, assigned to kill Dozier in the event of a rescue attempt did not do so, and was overwhelmed by the rescuing force. After Dozier’s return to the US Army in Vicenza, he was congratulated by telephone by President Reagan on regaining his freedom