Interview with Bruce "Doc" Norton, Corpsman, 3rd Force Recon Company, 1969-1970

[@quangtri68]

Read his book years ago - recommended to me at reunion. I was a med-evac corpsman with MAG-39 (across the road from 3rd RECON). We did emergency extracts for them when things got hot

[@zachwood1218]

Wow, thanks for your service, and welcome home! I'd love to talk to you about your experiences. Shoot me an email at [e-mail]

[@Crossfireranch1]

God bless our Doc's.............1st Force Recon, '65-'67, Semper Fi Brother

[@KGSpradleyAuthor]

Read his book in High School. I became a Force Recon Marine myself and served in 3rd Force some 20 years after Doc Norton left.

[@zachwood1218]

That’s badass, and thank you for your service.

[@jeremyhansen8186]

Thank you for doing these. Most don't realize this, but these are treasures for a greatfull soul.

[@robertbrayton5025]

God Bless you Bruce. Your fellow Scituate High School classmate of 66, Bob Brayton Jr. Fellow Vietnam Vet 69-70 Air Force. Living in Westfield, Ma. Hope we can hook up, God willing.

[@jonhenson5450]

Great, read his books, also found out he was SR personelle officer at MCRD when I went through in the 80's

[@beccab7522]

Super interview. Thank you Doc for sharing your experiences. Thank you for your service, Sir!

[@johnnyfryar]

I met Doc Norton when I was at The Citadel, he was one real sob. Friends, don't meet your heroes.

[@Rubeless]

Are you saying it was not a good experience?

[@thomasrudolph7404]

Semper Fi! Doc!

[@Mosey410]

I hope I can see the play and look forward to your new book. I’ve got your books and love them.

[@williamdufour4826]

I read his books and they were very interesting and fascinating.

[@zachwood1218]

He is an amazing man and I’m honored to know him.

[@g-man2228]

Thanks Doc….👊🏻🇺🇸

[@gregsanford3848]

There is good wars and bad wars Vietnam was a bad war😢😢😢

[@Rubeless]

Tell us about these good wars…

[@Rubeless]

Dude was cherry, didn’t do any time with the grunts and goes out with a team with zero experience? That had to be nerve racking for the guys. To help your education, they would attend ARS(no longer around) or BRC just like everyone in recon, force would require dive school(plus dive med as a SARC) and jump with H2O jumps in modern day.

[@zachwood1218]

@@Rubeless thanks for the info! Yeah Doc is a incredible, have you read his books?

[@bryanfrombuffalo7685]

Crazy to think that ppl believe they went to the moon

[@Rubeless]

NASA went to the moon, not 3rd force.

[@phoenixfox3379]

saving history for our future and honoring these heros is an awesome effort. Respect to you and your class.