17 jun 2026
Vietnam War Recon Marine, James Capers Jr, to receive Medal of Honor
Nearly 60 years after he led his reconnaissance team through a harrowing ambush in South Vietnam ignoring his numerous serious wounds retired Maj. James Capers Jr. will finally be honored with the U.S. military’s highest award for valor on Thursday. President Donald Trump will award Capers the Medal of Honor at Thursday’s ceremony, a White House official confirmed to Task & Purpose. Capers’ heroism during an April 1967 ambush in South Vietnam is legendary.
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President Trump will preside over a medal of honor ceremony Thursday for heroes in the Vietnam and Afghanistan wars. Task & Purpose reported Maj. James Capers Jr., who led his Marine reconnaissance team through a harrowing ambush despite serious wounds, will be awarded the highest military honor.
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