Badlands Media Special Coverage: 6/18/26 - Medal of Honor Ceremony: Capers, Ripley & Dockery
President Trump hosts a Congressional Medal of Honor ceremony for three recipients spanning Vietnam, the Easter Offensive of 1972, and Afghanistan. Marine Corps Major James Capers Jr. receives the honor he was recommended for in 1967, delayed nearly six decades after his commanding officer was killed before the paperwork could be signed. Colonel John W. Ripley is honored posthumously for single-handedly destroying a bridge to stop 30,000 North Vietnamese soldiers and 200 tanks over five straight hours under direct fire. Army Major Nicholas Dockery receives the award for a 2012 Afghanistan…
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