Retired U.S. Marine Corps Maj. James Capers Jr. has been named grand marshal of this year's First in Freedom Parade, North ...

Marine Major James Capers Jr., an 88-year-old Vietnam veteran, was belatedly awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary heroism in a 1967 ambush. Wounded 19 times, Capers bravely loaded all his ...

Trump awarded the Medal of Honor on June 18, 2026, to Maj. James Capers Jr., Col. John W. Ripley (posthumous), and Maj. Nicholas Dockery.

President Trump will award retired Marine Maj. James Capers the Medal of Honor during a ceremony at the White House on June 18. Capers hails from Bishopville, S.C.

Bloody and under fire in Vietnam, he led his men to safety 60 years ago. On Thursday, he will receive the Medal of Honor.

Two Marines who served heroically in Vietnam and an Army officer who used his body to shield a soldier in Afghanistan will be awarded.

Marine Commandant Eric Smith explains why the Corps keeps fighting to honor Marines decades after the battle ends.

President Donald Trump has given the Medal of Honor to three veterans, honoring acts of heroism in Vietnam and Afghanistan. Trump bestowed the military’s highest honor Thursday on Marine Corps ...

T he most vital service the Stars and Stripes have delivered to us Americans over two and a half centuries is one sorely ...

Retired Marine Corps Major James Capers Jr. received the Medal of Honor from President Donald Trump for his heroism during a Vietnam War ambush in 1967.

Retired U.S. Marine Corps Major James Capers Jr., a former Wilmington resident who recently received the Medal of Honor for ...