Ron Swanson
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That’s a great bleeping pic. Looks like a scene from Forrest Gump.That’s my Dad in Vietnam
I’m a little late for the Veterans Day post, but here’s a cool pic of my uncle Hal (mom’s brother) on the left and two of his SEAL team members just before going on a mission in Vietnam. That’s Mike Thornton in the middle (Medal of Honor winner). The other guy (Mike Lacaze) isn’t famous. They’re all still close to this day.
Mike Thornton is a bull of a man (you can’t really tell in that pic) who is known for always carrying tons of ammo, and I guess that got started early on in his career, ha....
My uncle hosts a SEAL reunion every year and there was a great pic posted recently of Mike Thornton with Tommy Norris. Norris is the team member who Thornton saved to earn the MOH. I can’t remember if he was shot in the face or took shrapnel from a grenade, but the injury is still very evident 50 years later. I’ll post it later if I can find it.