In a ceremony at the White House, US President Donald Trump awarded the Medal of Honor to retired US Marine Corps Major James Capers Jr for his “extraordinary courage” during his s

In a ceremony at the White House, US President Donald Trump awarded the Medal of Honor to retired US Marine Corps Major James Capers Jr for his “extraordinary courage” during his service in the Vietnam War. Link Trump awards Medal of Honor to James Capers Jr, first living black Marine recipient Major James Capers Jr was born in Bishopville, South Carolina in 1937 during the Jim Crow era and was raised in a family of sharecroppers.