Choosing Courage: Inspiring Stories of What It Means to Be a Hero by Peter Collier

Author:Peter Collier [Collier, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Artisan
Published: 2015-05-18T16:00:00+00:00

Leo in uniform with his Medal of Honor in 1973, after all the POWs had been released. Altogether, there are 258 recipients from the Vietnam War.

Medal of Honor Recipients, the Vietnam war

THOMAS NORRIS and MICHAEL THORNTON

Devils with Green Faces

Thomas Norris

· Born 1944, Jacksonville, Florida

· Commissioned in U.S. Navy, 1967

· Rank: Lieutenant, U.S. Navy SEAL

· Service as Navy SEAL in Vietnam, 1972

· Received Medal of Honor, 1976

· Joined FBI, 1979

MICHAEL Thornton

· Born 1949, Greenville, South Carolina

· Enlisted in U.S. Navy, 1967

· Rank: Petty Officer

· Service as Navy SEAL in Vietnam, 1972

· Received Medal of Honor, 1973

“We have a love for each other greater than brothers.”

Teamwork is essential in every aspect of the military. And the more important the mission, the more important the teamwork becomes. Nowhere is this truer than in the elite navy unit known as the SEALs (short for Sea, Air, and Land teams). The SEALs are now legendary for their fights against Middle Eastern terrorists. They were the ones who killed Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. But long before that, they set the gold standard of teamwork under extreme conditions. And two of them, Thomas Norris and Michael Thornton, made military history in Vietnam and survived a life-and-death struggle that bonded them forever.

President John F. Kennedy established the U.S. Navy SEALs in 1962 as an elite force that would be the naval equivalent of the Army’s Green Berets. In the Vietnam War, the SEALs came to play a key role, operating stealthily in small teams on the rivers, deltas, and canals that ran throughout the country. They went on secret missions to set up ambushes, disrupt enemy communications, and stage raids to capture high-value intelligence targets. The North Vietnamese learned to fear and respect the SEALs, calling them “devils with the green faces” because of the camouflage makeup they used as war paint on their missions.

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