In the thickof a jungle war where there often wasn't enough food, enough, water, enough air support, enough explosives, or even enough radio batteries, the vulnerable Force Recon Marines knew that the only things that could keep them alive were their courage, their skills, and their loyalty to one another. Here is the story of a Force Recon Company that put its lethal skills to work to make sure its team could survive combat behind benemy lines--where one slip could mean body bags for everyone.
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In the thickof a jungle war where there often wasn't enough food, enough, water, enough air support, enough explosives, or even enough radio batteries, the vulnerable Force Recon Marines knew that the only things that could keep them alive were their courage, their skills, and their loyalty to one another. Here is the story of a Force Recon Company that put its lethal skills to work to make sure its team could survive combat behind benemy lines--where one slip could mean body bags for everyone.
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Seattle Reviewer is Exposed as a Phony!!!,
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This review is from: Force Recon Diary, 1970 (Mass Market Paperback)
As a former gunnery sergeant with 1st Force Recon Company, in Vietnam from 1969-1970, I can assure any of Norton's readers that what he wrote about in Force Recon Diary, 1970, was totally accurate and factual. I was there with him. I also know the former Marine who lives in Seattle, and that pathetic individual, afraid to state his name in his April review, is both a coward and a phony who is known to many of us within the Marine recon community. Tossed out of the company for cowardice under fire, he resides as a Marine malcontent in the Seattle area. I hope Norton's books will only continue to enlighten his reader's and that they will learn from our experiences. Credit to Norton and shame on the former Seattle Marine who comments from ambush. It figures.
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Bruce H. Norton is a Marine's Marine!,
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This review is from: Force Recon Diary, 1970 (Mass Market Paperback)
As a Citadel Cadet I have met Maj. Norton countless times before I associated him as THE Maj. Norton. I first discovered this book in the campus library and read it over the following weekend. Since then I have sat down with Maj. Norton and talked about his experiences and how I could use them in my future career(Army Inf.). I found Maj. Norton approachable and willing to openly discuss his experiences and have learned more from him than in any textbook or classroom. He is the consumate professional and is respected by all at the college. I have since made his works required reading for my squad members and believe that they better understand the meaning of the terms PERSONAL HONOR, INTEGRITY, AND DEVOTION TO DUTY.
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Sequel to Force Recon Diary, 1969, Another Great Book!,
By Major Edward Hall, USA (South Carolina) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Force Recon Diary, 1970 (Mass Market Paperback)
Force Recon Diary, 1970, picks up where FRD, '69 left off, with "Doc" Norton returning to Vietnam and his second tour with 1st Force. The detail of his work is exceptional, and brings the reader right into the "harbor site" with the team. Major Norton has the ability and talent to capture the moment and spares no expense in "telling it like it was." For anyone interested in the tough business of Marine Reconnaissance during the Vietnam War, the Force Recon Diaries, written by Doc, are as good as it gets. Get this book, sit down with a stiff drink, and read what it was like to be a member of a Marine Force Recon Team in combat. Trully, a great source of information. I give it 5 Stars!
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WHEN OUR MILITARY AIRLIFT COMMAND (MAC) C-130 finally rolled to a stop on the runway at Cubi Point Naval Air Station, the hydraulic cargo doors opened, and we were directed by the crew chief to grab all of our gear and carry it down the aircraft's loading ramp and move away from the flight line. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
towed jumper, operations hootch, two recon teams, recon company, scuba school, recon zone, wooden ammunition boxes, reconnaissance company, assistant team leader, harbor site, enlisted club, mortar section, primary radio, fighting hole, parachute operations, squad bay, aerial observer, reconnaissance battalion, company executive officer, claymore mines, starlight scope, poncho liner, drop zone Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Vietnamese, Staff Sergeant Martin, Corporal Draper, Corporal Holzmann, Lieutenant Corbett, Lieutenant Blotz, Corporal Mahkewa, Sergeant Phleger, Shau Valley, Thuong Duc River, Marine Division, Lieutenant Coffman, Phu Bai, Subic Bay, Special Forces, Marine Corps, Gunny Fowler, Captain Centers, Recon Battalion, Que Son Mountains, Sergeant Jacques, Viet Cong, Cubi Point, Sergeant Killen, Bong Dinh New!
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WHEN OUR MILITARY AIRLIFT COMMAND (MAC) C-130 finally rolled to a stop on the runway at Cubi Point Naval Air Station, the hydraulic cargo doors opened, and we were directed by the crew chief to grab all of our gear and carry it down the aircraft's loading ramp and move away from the flight line. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
towed jumper, operations hootch, two recon teams, recon company, scuba school, recon zone, wooden ammunition boxes, reconnaissance company, assistant team leader, harbor site, enlisted club, mortar section, primary radio, fighting hole, parachute operations, squad bay, aerial observer, reconnaissance battalion, company executive officer, claymore mines, starlight scope, poncho liner, drop zone Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Vietnamese, Staff Sergeant Martin, Corporal Draper, Corporal Holzmann, Lieutenant Corbett, Lieutenant Blotz, Corporal Mahkewa, Sergeant Phleger, Shau Valley, Thuong Duc River, Marine Division, Lieutenant Coffman, Phu Bai, Subic Bay, Special Forces, Marine Corps, Gunny Fowler, Captain Centers, Recon Battalion, Que Son Mountains, Sergeant Jacques, Viet Cong, Cubi Point, Sergeant Killen, Bong Dinh New!
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- Force Recon 1 by James V. Smith Jr. on 4 pages
- Operations Officer (Career Examination Passbooks) by Jack Rudman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- One Tough Marine by Major Bruce H. Norton in Back Matter
- Special Forces (Elite, the World's Crack Fighting Men) by Ashley Brown on page 137
- Grown Gray in War: The Len Maffioli Story by Bruce H. Norton in Back Matter
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