{"id":2616355,"date":"2026-06-19T15:30:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T19:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-trump-physically-supports-marine-maj-james-capers-88-before-awarding-the-unkillable-vietnam-vet-the-congressional-medal-of-honor\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T15:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T19:31:18","slug":"watch-trump-physically-supports-marine-maj-james-capers-88-before-awarding-the-unkillable-vietnam-vet-the-congressional-medal-of-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-trump-physically-supports-marine-maj-james-capers-88-before-awarding-the-unkillable-vietnam-vet-the-congressional-medal-of-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Trump Physically Supports Marine Maj. James Capers, 88, Before Awarding the Unkillable Vietnam Vet the Congressional Medal of Honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-trump-physically-supports-marine-maj-james-capers-88-before-awarding-the-unkillable-vietnam-vet-the-congressional-medal-of-honor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2616355&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The webpage contains a &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; button that, when clicked, reveals additional content about a notable event involving U.S. Marine veteran james Capers. The expanded section includes details on Capers&#8217; heroic actions during the Vietnam War, where he led perilous missions and continued to support his team despite severe injuries, earning the Silver Star Medal.President Donald Trump awarded him the Medal of Honor at the White House, recognizing his bravery and service. The account highlights Capers\u2019 background, his critical missions in Vietnam, and his reflections on the treatment veterans received upon returning home. the content celebrates Capers\u2019 valor, military service, and changes in societal recognition of veterans over time.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Conservatives by temperament only reluctantly admit that anything, anywhere, has ever improved. But this most certainly has.<\/p>\n<p>In short, the Vietnam War veterans who returned home to neglect or abuse from liberals have received their just due.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday at the White House, President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tulsi-gabbard-thanks-trump-officially-resigning-tend-husband-remain-grateful\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> provided literal physical support to 88-year-old Retired Marine Maj. James Capers while bestowing upon the patient, patriotic, and impossible-to-kill Capers a Congressional Medal of Honor he ought to have received decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>The president stood arm-in-arm with the war hero, who appeared in his Marine uniform, weighed down by medals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-80th-birthday-goes-off-without-hitch-ufc-bring-manliness-spirit-teddy-roosevelt-back-wh-lawn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> then put the medal around Capers\u2019 neck.<\/p>\n<p>Then, after Capers appeared to say \u201cThank you, Sir,\u201d Trump put his arm around his fellow octogenarian.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the president and several others helped Capers step down from the slightly elevated platform and return to his seat.<\/p>\n<p>Readers may watch the scene in the following video posted to the social media platform X:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 JUST IN: President Trump personally supports retired US Marine James Capers Jr., 88, and awards him the MEDAL OF HONOR<\/p>\n<p>Incredible moment \u2764\ufe0f\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/epajKLzK6w\">pic.twitter.com\/epajKLzK6w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/2067717817290399981?\">June 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZoHQn-CeDi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram post<\/a>, the Medal of Honor Museum summarized the events that called forth Capers\u2019 heroism:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a second lieutenant leading a nine-man Force Reconnaissance patrol near Phu Loc in April 1967, Capers and his <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >team repeatedly encountered larger enemy forces<\/a> while operating deep in contested territory. On the patrol\u2019s final day, an ambush left him severely wounded by gunfire and fragmentation wounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeremy-renner-hospitalized-with-extensive-injury-after-snowplow-ran-over-leg-lost-serious-amount-of-blood\/\" title=\"Jeremy Renner was Hospitalized \u2018Extensive\u2019 Injury after Snowplow ran over Leg, Loss \u2018Serious Amount Of Blood\u2019\">significant blood loss<\/a> and extensive injuries, Capers continued directing supporting fires, coordinating his team\u2019s movements, and overseeing the evacuation. Refusing to leave before his Marines, he remained in command until every member of the patrol was safely aboard the extraction helicopter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even the phrase \u201csignificant blood loss and extensive injuries\u201d does not do justice to Capers\u2019 experience.<\/p>\n<p>As the Marine Corps noted in a 2010 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marines.mil\/News\/News-Display\/Article\/513731\/force-recon-marines-awarded-for-valor-43-years-later\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> announcing that Capers had received the Silver Star Medal, the nation\u2019s third-highest award for valor.<\/p>\n<p>Capers, a second lieutenant and patrol leader during the Vietnam War, commanded a team, codenamed \u201cBroadminded,\u201d that engaged a much larger enemy force on seven different occasions from March 31 to April 3, 1967, near Phu Lac, Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p>On the final day, the nine-man team encountered an ambush. Each man suffered wounds, most of them severe.<\/p>\n<p>Capers, however, organized a \u201chasty defense\u201d and tended to his wounded men \u2014 all while taking \u201cmore than a dozen pieces of shrapnel to his legs and abdomen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other words, Capers behaved like a real-life superhero.<\/p>\n<p>Eight years after Capers received the Silver Star Medal, in 2018, the Marine Corps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marines.mil\/News\/Messages\/Messages-Display\/Article\/1725393\/2018-national-african-american-history-month\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">honored him<\/a> during National African American History Month.<\/p>\n<p>Born to a family of croppers in 1937, Capers enlisted in the Marines in 1956 and shortly thereafter deployed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-us-iran-peace-negotiations-called-off-lebanon-fighting-escalates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lebanon<\/a>. Later, he \u201cbecame the first African American to join the Special Operations Community of the Marine Corps as a Sergeant of the First Force Reconnaissance Company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the Vietnam War, Capers led team \u201cBroadminded\u201d on a series of dangerous missions, including \u201ca POW rescue ordered by President Lyndon B. Johnson; amphibious assaults in the DMZ; recovery of a B-57 alleged to have a nuclear bomb; and search and destroy patrols in Phu Loc.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/18\/us\/politics\/trump-medals-of-honor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>, Congress authorized the medal to Capers and two other veterans earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Capers also remembers the treatment he and other Vietnam veterans received upon their return home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we came home, there were no yellow ribbons,\u201d he said in 2010 upon receiving the Silver Star. \u201cThere was no music playing, no bands. Most of us came home on ambulance planes, badly damaged \u2026 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-gary-sinise-launches-new-initiative-with-home-depot-founders\/\" title=\"WATCH: Gary Sinise Launches New Initiative With ... Depot Founders\">post-traumatic stress disorder<\/a>, which nobody understood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My father, a Vietnam-era U.S. Navy veteran, also endured indifference or even scorn from some who did not serve. Today, however, young people constantly see his \u201cU.S.S. 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