. "Arthur D. \"Bull\" Simons (Colonel, United States Army, retired) (June 28, 1918 - May 21, 1979) was a US Army Special Forces officer, best known for leading the Son Tay raid, an attempted rescue of American prisoners of war from a North Vietnamese prison at Son Tay.Although serving 30 years as an officer spanning three wars, Simons was deemed not to fit the \"career mold\" for a general officer and did not rise above the rank of colonel."@en . . "Arthur David Simons"@en . . . . . . "1941Z"^^ . . . . . "Simons, Arthur D."@en . "\"Bull\""@en . . . "1979-05-21Z"^^ . "1918-06-28Z"^^ . "1979Z"^^ . "1918Z"^^ . . "United States Army officer" . . "United States of America" . "1971Z"^^ . .