Force Recon Diary, 1970

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!

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.

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.

I myself being a Navy Corpsman and having been stationed with the Marines was completely amazed at how accurate and gripping all the details and accounts were. Not serving in Vietnam but working with countless Marines and Corpsman who did the stories are almost Identical. Doc Norton brings everything that happened in Vietnam and puts it right in your lap. Semper Fi!!

THE COMPLEX WORLD OF MARINE RECONNAISSANCE IS EXPLAINED IN GREAT DETAIL BY THE AUTHOR. THIS IS THE FIRST OF FIVE BOOKS WRITTEN BY MAJOR NORTON. HE IS ONE OF THE BEST AUTHORS FROM WITHIN THE MARINE CORPS.