The Corps Must Take the Lead on Medal of Honor for Maj. Capers
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In 1967, Maj. James Capers Jr.’s greatest threats were enemy fire and claymore mines. In 2025, they are friendly indifference and bureaucratic paralysis.
Capers is a legend — a decorated Force Recon Marine who led multiple assaults, saved lives and paid the price in blood. Everyone, without exception, who has reviewed the facts — whether it was 3rd Marine Division Commanding General Maj. Gen. Bruno Hochmuth, who spoke with Capers’ Marines in 1967, those who have read firsthand accounts or those who have seen Capers’ actions compared, side by side, with the actions of other Marines who rightly received our nation’s highest honor — agrees on one point:
Capers deserves the Medal of Honor.
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Source: Military Times