Scott Swanson
Of The New Era
Jim Johnson stood in his back yard and stared at the sky.
It was 7 in the morning and the Vietnam veteran was listening for a familiar sound – the chop-chop-chop of an approaching helicopter.
Johnson, 58, has pancreatic cancer, which he attributes to exposure to Agent Orange during the war. His wife, Shirley, said doctors have estimated he has two to six months to live.
Johnson was a…