Marine Corps. veteran Major James Capers Jr. recently received the Medal of Honor, leaving audiences in awe of his story of perseverance and tragedy.
Capers accepted the award from President Donald Trump on Thursday, but it was his powerful pro-America message on Friday that garnered a thunderous reaction.
‘Lost a lot of good men in battlefields. I fought two wars and suffered 19 bullet holes.’
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‘I’ve said enough’
Capers is a combat veteran who participated in 64 long-range reconnaissance patrols and five major campaigns in Vietnam, according to his biography. Missions included POW rescue missions ordered by the president and the recovery of a B-57 that allegedly had a nuclear bomb.
On Friday, Capers was inducted into the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
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