其實川普總統今天是頒發三個榮譽勳章,第三位是追贈:
https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2067725973408170228
President Trump awards the Medal of Honor posthumously to Marine Corps Col. John W. Ripley during a White House ceremony, with Ripley's son accepting the award on behalf of his late father.
Then-Capt. Ripley earned the nation's highest military honor for his actions in Vietnam on April 2, 1972, when he helped stop a major North Vietnamese assault by destroying a critical bridge under intense enemy fire.
More than five decades later, his extraordinary heroism is being recognized with the Medal of Honor.
是頒給一位陸戰隊上校,1972年4月2日他官拜上尉,在強大的敵火之下奉命炸毀一座非常關鍵的橋樑,有效阻止了有效阻止了北越大軍的推進。他老兄在2008年過世,由他兒子出席接受。
難怪海軍代理部長高雄會貼出他簽署兩份頒發榮譽勳章的命令,就是給兩位陸戰隊員。
https://x.com/HungCao_VA/status/2067769754144686587
I can’t believe I witnessed history in the making today. Major Capers and Colonel Ripley are exceptional Marines who did extraordinary things under impossible circumstances. Semper Fidelis!