SEMPER FI Wetumpka native is always recruiting for the Marine Corps

Submitted / TPI Billy Bonner poses with the Quilt of Valor he received recently at the Alabama Capital. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1950 and was a recruiter for most of his career after combat duty in Korea.

Billy Bonner was a Marine Corps recruiter before he was a Marine. Even after 50 years of retirement, he still recruits people to join the Corps. 

“I was born to recruit,” Bonner said.