Norton Newcomb - Wilmington, Illinois

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Norton Newcomb (Civilian)

Gender: Male
Hometown: Wilmington, Illinois
Military Status: Veteran
About Me:
Been divorced since 81 - kids now grown and gone, son in Lawrence Kansas (1 grandson)and daughter is in New Bergen, NJ.(2 grandsons!)
Had a quintuplet bypass in '97 - now doing great, healthy, wise, but still not wealthy!!!

Retired at Fort Carson 1983 - moved to Illinois in '86 with my 2 kids.....recalled from retirement for Desert Storm - RE-retired(!!) in Oct 91. Went to work for the Illinois Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program, and am now the State Outreach Coordinator for employment services.

Norton's Assignment History

Springfield
Unit: Recalled to AD - Family Support Center 		1990 1991
Fort Carson, Colorado
Unit: Hqs - Area Club System 		1981 1983
Swaibish Hall
Unit: The TOOLSON POW Camp 		1979 1981
5th Recruting District Hqs
Unit: CC#1, Berwyn, Il 		1975 1978
Fort Polk, Louisiana
Unit: DSEC 		1974 1975
Camp Howze, Texas
Unit: S-2-3d Bde/IntelOfficer for N/S Peace Talks 		1972 1973
Fort Benning, Georgia
Unit: InfantryOfficersAdvancedCourse 		1973 1973
Kirchgoens
Unit: 2/36th Rangers 		1969 1972
Fort Benning, Georgia
Unit: OCS -95th Co, 9th StuBn 		1968 1968
Combined Forces Command (CFC), Seoul
Unit: JointSpecWarTaskGroup-Pueblo 		1967 1967
Bien Hoa AB
Unit: 5thPsyOps/OPS33-SOG/5thSF 		1965 1967
Nha Trang, Vietnam
Unit: 6th PsyOps/OPS33-SOG/5thSF 		1965 1967
Schofield/Shafter Barracks
Unit: USARHAW-G-2, NCOIC 		1967 1967
Camp H.M. Smith
Unit: CINCPAC - J-2 		1965 1966
Buckley AFB
Unit: MACS-23, Buckley Naval AirStation 		1960 1964
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Unit: 519th MI Bn 		1964 1964
Fort Benning, Georgia
Unit: Jump School 		1964 1964
NAS Glenview
Unit: VMF-543 		1957 1961
NAS Alameda, California
Unit: Advanced Naval Intel Course 		1960 1960
NAS Alameda, California
Unit: Naval Intelligence Course 		1958 1958
Camp Geiger
Unit: AdvancedCombat/ForceRecon 		1957 1957
MCRD Parris Island
Unit: Basic Training-2d Bn Plt 164 		1957 1957

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Tamie Towers
Tamie Towers said on 03/01/2012 at 05:29 am
I salute you with a song - A song written, and dedicated to you, our brave veterans - It is called - I'll Go (A Soldiers Oath) - by Kelly's Lot - Here's the link - You can copy & paste, or type the following link into your address bar: http://youtu.be/c5p1Qiqggao - (this is not a download, simply a link to a YouTube video) - Thank you for your service and sacrifice - I appreciate every day, what you have done for us - Tamie Towers - Patriot - Tamiesbox@roadrunner.com - P.S. My dear friend Kelly Zirbes of Kelly's Lot wrote and performed this song and has given permission for the video to be shared and/or embedded anywhere.

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