Recongend Marine Marine can finally get the honor medal

In April 1967, marine 2ndDT. Ken. JR. songs I ignored his many bullet bullet injuries and the leg of the 3 corps of recognized in Vietnamine.

Ambush had erupted with hidden explosives that throw the heads against a tree. Lie down from the blast puncting their body in addition to a dozen injury and a broken abdomen and the goats told the coffee in 2021.

However, the heads ordered a mortar strike on the squad position to keep the enemy at the bay. In spite of losing a significant amount of blood and be administered the morphine, led their team to an area of ​​helicophery election.

When an helicopter landed, the heads refused to get on board, unless equipment has taken the military dog’s body. After the helicopter was initially unable to remove, goats twice trying to get out of the aircraft to light up. The two times, a crew’s head had to pull it backwards.

The helicopter eventually high and the captures and their team in a hospital. CAERERS after the garment body as major, has been injured the silver star for their “silver capicretion,” its reading.

Now, a Laddager tries a third time to pass the legislation authorization the president at Alabbolla Capers the Honor Medal.

Rep. Ralph Norman (Rs.C.) introduced a bill on May 13 that would have given up a requirement that service members receive the honor medal in five years of their actions that merit the prize. In the 2020, the Chairman Donald Trump has made a similar fact that allowed the Army Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashes to receive the honor medal for their bra 0 years before Iraq.

“Mr. James Capers Jr. It’s not a legend to his sense in every sense of the word,” Normal said in a statement this month. “His courage in Vietnam, the somility is in the whole life, and his second are second to there. It is an honor to rehounly rehounly remain any less than the medel of honor.

Although the whims have been appointed before the highest nation’s military prize, “the delenses” infinters, prevent you, a 14-normal May liberation.

During marching interview with Fox News, Capers has been asked because he hadn’t already been prevailed the honor’s medale for their heroism.

“That was 1967, and the world was very different in those days,” Capers replied. “The marine body were filled in 1948, in fact of 1948, in fact that they did not understand that they did not have any. You could not succeed. But leaders have not seen it as equals.”

In the past four years, the normal has the legislation twice that would be introduced the president to the president of the honor medicine, but the congress has not passed the bills.

PELLY CAREERS has fucked up its brave and its commitment to the seams that have served successfully. It is always insisted to be the last person on edge helicopters when it was time to leave the battlefield.

In a different mission in January 1967, caper around the trees for Albu, create the impaction that unfavorable to his team.

In another patrols, the heads killed three northern soldiers of the Northern M16 Jammed. When other enemy soldiers launched a contractor, tomorrow all their guns.

In February, a group of 47 Reading a letter to Trump needed the action needed to receive the honor’s medal, which descriptions. One of the greatest patriots. “

They noticed that capers were the first black seaman to drive a recognition company and to receive a battle commission.

“We have firmly believed that mj. The james jaes jr., he met the medal criteria for honor”, the letter says. “Their self-degance, courageous action, and initiative by the armies in the joints in the 3 of the 31-earring’s 3 of the Bright women, and Dellished.”

Now 87 years old, heads only live. U, son, garded, who is having a chian, died in 2003 and wife dåred six years later.

The heads told the task and purpose has served as a staff benefit but all officers in their unit were ugly, so has been commonnished to the secondime. After he was injured, pass a recovery year in Bethesda Naval hospital in Maryland Darning HOW to walk again.

He said he must his survivation and the whole men and women who have rearing on him in the war of the – and has adamante that he doesn’t complain to be a hero.

“I was just a sailor,” Capers said. “I had a job to do and I have done the best that I could only be heroes, but these men in my unit, they were only two life.”

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