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The three former service members are Major James Capers, Jr., of the U.S. Marine Corps, Colonel John W. Ripley of the U.S. Marine Corps, who will receive the award posthumously, and Major Nicholas Dockery of the U.S. Army.
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. In April 1967, Capers led a nine-man team from 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company to a helicopter landing zone despite suffering bullet and shrapnel wounds and a broken leg. “It was an attempt to save my troops,” Capers told Task & Purpose this week. “It wasn’t heroism. It might have looked that way, but it wasn’t about Jim Capers. It was about the 10 men that I had and the dog’s body that I wanted to get home.” NewsNation's Kellie…