My review of By Honor Bound appears in the Washington Times today.
That U.S. Navy SEALs are extraordinary men is a given. They are extraordinarily trained, extraordinarily skilled, and extraordinarily tough and extraordinarily brave.
Yet even among these extraordinary men, certain SEALs have gone above and beyond the special operations teams’ extraordinary attributes and their actions have made them legends in the SEAL community and in military history.
Tom Norris and Mike Thornton are two such men.
During the Vietnam War SEAL Lt. Tom Norris placed his own life in jeopardy when he rescued two American airmen shot down behind North Vietnamese enemy lines. For this action in April of 1972, Lt. Norris received the Medal of Honor.
Six months later, SEAL Petty Officer Mike Thornton waded into heavy enemy fire and rescued Lt. Norris, who had been severely wounded with a bullet wound to his left eye. For this action, Petty Officer Thornton received the Medal of Honor.
In “By Honor Bound: Two Navy SEALs, the Medal of Honor, and a Story of Extraordinary Courage,” Mike Thornton andTom Norris, along with author, Vietnam veteran and former Navy SEAL Dick Couch, tell their incredible story.
You can read the rest of the review via the below link:http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/aug/28/book-review-by-honor-bound-two-navy-seals-the-meda/
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