Michael Thornton: The Navy SEAL Who Saved a Medal of Honor Recipient On October 31, 1972, in the final years of the Vietnam War, Navy SEAL Michael Thornton displayed extraordinary courage that would earn him the Medal of Honor—for saving the life of a fellow SEAL who had also received the Medal of Honor just months earlier. Then a Petty Officer, Thornton was on a covert intelligence mission with Lieutenant Thomas Norris and three South Vietnamese commandos targeting an enemy naval base. Inserted
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Michael Thornton: The Navy SEAL Who Saved a Medal of Honor Recipient On October 31, 1972, in the final years of the Vietnam War, Navy SEAL Michael Thornton displayed extraordinary courage that would earn him the Medal of Honor—for saving the life of a fellow SEAL who had also received the Medal of Honor just months earlier. Then a Petty Officer, Thornton was on a covert intelligence mission with Lieutenant Thomas Norris and three South Vietnamese commandos targeting an enemy naval base. Inserted
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Monday Medal of Honor Today, we honor Navy Seal (Now) Lieutenant MIchael E. Thornton. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while participating in a daring operation against enemy forces. PO Thornton, as assistant U.S. Navy adviser, along with a U.S. Navy lieutenant serving as senior adviser, accompanied a three-man Vietnamese Navy SEAL patrol on an intelligence-gathering and prisoner capture operation against an enemy-occupied naval
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Monday Medal of Honor Today, we honor Navy Seal (Now) Lieutenant MIchael E. Thornton. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while participating in a daring operation against enemy forces. PO Thornton, as assistant U.S. Navy adviser, along with a U.S. Navy lieutenant serving as senior adviser, accompanied a three-man Vietnamese Navy SEAL patrol on an intelligence-gathering and prisoner capture operation against an enemy-occupied naval
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Michael E. Thornton is a Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient, Navy SEAL Veteran, philanthropist, and co-author of By Honor Bound. He's the special guest of honor at the Richard Guy Golf Tournament today. | 95.7 WKML
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🙏🇺🇸🙏Michael Thornton ran straight into enemy fire in1972. Everyone else was pulling back. He went the opposite way. During Vietnam War, his SEAL team was ambushed along the coast. Gunfire exploded from every direction. The situation collapsed fast.Retreat was the only option left. But one man was still out there. His commander—critically wounded, surrounded, and unable to move.Thornton saw it. And instead of escaping, he turned back. Through bullets. Through chaos.Through certain de*th. He r
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In 1972, a U.S. Navy Seal Lieutenant Thomas Norris carried out one of the most dangerous and daring rescue missions of the war in Vietnam. Six months later, he would be rescued himself, in an equally dramatic manner, after being shot through the head. His rescuer was fellow Seal, Michael Thornton, a Petty Officer at the time, who had shrapnel wounds, but swam for three hours while carrying Norris, and a South Vietnamese commando. Both Norris and Thornton would go on to receive the Medal of Honor
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In 1972 Vietnam, Navy SEAL Lt. Thomas Norris defied orders to rescue two downed pilots deep behind enemy lines—missions labeled suicidal. He succeeded. Months later, Norris was shot through the head in a brutal ambush and left for dead. SEAL Mike Thornton refused to accept it. Under heavy fire, he carried Norris into the ocean and swam for hours, saving his life. Miraculously, Norris survived. Both men earned the Medal of Honor. It’s the only known case where one Medal of Honor recipient saved a
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It started quietly. A few months after combat, he attended a minor league baseball game in Florida where service members were being recognized. That day, he received the Silver Star. He remembers thinking, “That’s the third-highest award. That’s very special.” Then life went on. Training. Duty. No expectations. Until a reporter called and told him he was being nominated for the Medal of Honor. True courage doesn’t chase recognition. It shows up, does the job, and moves forward. Honor often arriv
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It's a loss rippling through the military community - the commander of one of the Navy's elite SEAL teams died Tuesday after a training accident in Virginia Beach. News 3 reporter Chelsea Donovan WTKR has more. Read more: https://bit.ly/331MVjQ | WTKR News 3
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