Joanne Boyd, Veteran Disability Compensation Consultant

06/20/2026

06/20/2026

06/20/2026

06/20/2026

06/20/2026

06/20/2026

Today, we recognize , a day that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States and celebrates freedom, resilience, and progress. We honor the contributions and service of Black Marines, past and present, whose dedication has helped shape our Corps and our nation.

06/20/2026

Major James Capers Jr., U.S. Marine Corps, received the Medal of Honor today.

Born into a sharecropping family in South Carolina, James Capers Jr. joined the Marine Corps in 1956 and went on to become one of the service’s pioneering Force Reconnaissance Marines.

During a reconnaissance mission near Phu Loc, Vietnam, in April 1967, then-Second Lieutenant Capers continued leading his team after suffering multiple gunshot and fragmentation wounds. Refusing evacuation, he coordinated the defense and extraction until every Marine under his command was safely aboard the helicopter.

The National Medal of Honor Museum will preserve and share his story so future generations can better understand the determination, leadership, and commitment to others that defined his actions that day.

Learn more about Major Capers and the extraordinary actions that earned him the Medal of Honor: https://bit.ly/4wj0KD9

📷: Jacquelyn Martin