The United States Marines in the Civil War

During the Civil War, U.S. Marines primarily served afloat as security forces and shipboard gun crews for the Union Navy, though they also participated in some land operations and amphibious assaults, such as at Bull Run, Fort Sumter, and Fort Force Recon Diary, 1969 – Random House Inc., ISBN: 9780804106719 Paperback/9780399177712 ebook Published in 1991

“The riveting, true-to-life account of survival and death in one of the most highly skilled Units in Vietnam. Elite and highly trained, the 3d Force Recon’s six-man teams were assigned to obtain vital information about NVA operations. Alone, the men of these small teams were sent behind enemy lines, where they all knew that a single mistake could cost everyone their lives. United States Navy Hospital Corpsman Bruce Norton was the only navy corpsman to act as a Marine Force Recon Team Leader. In Force Recon Diary, 1969 Doc Norton chronicles his life, mission by mission, with the 3d Force Recon in the DMZ and the A Shau Valley. He describes the tense patrols, the supreme courage, the sacrifices–in ambushes and hot landing zones–that made this courageous company one of only two Marine units during the entire Vietnam War to receive the United States Army’s Valorous Unit Citation.