Bio

• Name:   Rick "Doc" Pustka
• Age:   76yrs
• Service Period:   Vietnam
• Branch:   US Navy/Marines
• Introduction:
  
  "Today I don't consider myself a Sailor or Marine. I'm a Fleet Marine Force Corpsman. Which is a brotherhood I was privileged to have. Having my Marines accept me 100% into their brotherhood was the greatest honor I ever had."
  – Rick "Doc" Pustka
  
  Is there a more unique partnership in the U.S. military than that of the United States Navy and Marine Corps? To a man, Navy corpsman, serving with the Marine Corps, proudly claim the adopted title of United States Marine. To a man, every Marine proudly claims their Navy corpsman as one of their own. Here is another remarkable story of that intimate bond, played out over the historic battlefields of places like Da Nang, Khe Sanh, and Hue during the Vietnam War.
  
  This is: "Pustka, a service story".