DOD: Medal of Honor Monday -- Navy Lt. Thomas R. Norris
April 12, 2022
April 12, 2022
WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following feature:
By Katie Lange
When two American pilots were downed in enemy territory toward the end of the Vietnam War, numerous attempts to rescue them by other aircraft failed. That's when Navy Lt. Thomas Rolland Norris was called in to lead a ground team to find them. Both missions were a success, and they earned the young Navy SEAL the Medal of Honor.
Norris was born on Jan. 14, . . .
By Katie Lange
When two American pilots were downed in enemy territory toward the end of the Vietnam War, numerous attempts to rescue them by other aircraft failed. That's when Navy Lt. Thomas Rolland Norris was called in to lead a ground team to find them. Both missions were a success, and they earned the young Navy SEAL the Medal of Honor.
Norris was born on Jan. 14, . . .