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特朗普总统于周四为两名越南战争退伍军人和一名阿富汗战争退伍军人授予荣誉勋章——美国最高军事荣誉。
在白宫举行的授勋仪式上，总统向退休海军陆战队少校小詹姆斯·卡佩斯、退休陆军少校尼古拉斯·多克里以及2008年去世的海军陆战队上校约翰·W·里普利致敬。
出席当天仪式的人士包括国防部长皮特·赫格斯、美国驻联合国大使迈克·沃尔兹以及南卡罗来纳州参议员林赛·格雷厄姆。
退休海军陆战队少校詹姆斯·卡佩斯
2026年6月18日，在华盛顿特区白宫，特朗普总统为退休海军陆战队少校小詹姆斯·卡佩斯颁发荣誉勋章。肯·塞德诺/法新社 via 盖蒂图片社
据白宫介绍，现年88岁的卡佩斯曾于1967年3月至4月参与为期四天的越南侦察巡逻任务。在巡逻的最后一天，他所在的营遭遇阔剑地雷伏击，遭到敌军猛烈火力袭击，卡佩斯身中数枪。
“弹片在他身上留下了17处伤口，”特朗普在仪式上说道，“……他的海军陆战队战友全部负伤，但吉姆强忍剧痛，凭借一条本已无法承重的腿继续向前推进。注射吗啡后，吉姆指挥了这场战斗。”
卡佩斯成功带领部队抵达撤离点，并在所有士兵安全登上救援直升机前拒绝撤离。
“直升机因搭载全队人员而发出不堪重负的呻吟，人员过多时，他试图下机，但他的队员们将他强行拦下，拒绝抛下他们的指挥官，”特朗普说道。
海军陆战队上校约翰·W·里普利
2026年6月18日，在华盛顿特区白宫举行的仪式上，特朗普总统追授海军陆战队上校约翰·W·里普利荣誉勋章，由其家人代领。安德鲁·哈尼克/盖蒂图片社
白宫表示，1972年4月，时任南越军队顾问的里普利阻止了北越军队的攻势。
当时北越军队发动了后来被称为“复活节攻势”的进攻——这是越南战争开始以来规模最大的地面入侵行动，北越军队向南推进，企图夺取东河的一座桥梁。
“随着北越军队涌入北河岸，显然只有炸毁这座桥梁才能阻止攻势，”特朗普说道。
里普利是当时唯一具备足够爆破经验的士兵，他独自在桥下耗时数小时安置了500磅炸药。
“他手抓绳索攀爬，悬吊在桥下湍急的河流上方……完全暴露在敌军密集的火力之下，约翰完成了一次、两次，甚至五次这样的往返，”特朗普说道。
里普利随后成功引爆炸药，炸毁桥梁，阻止了北越军队的推进。
“约翰引爆炸药后，桥梁坠入河中，挫败了敌军攻势，为复活节清晨保住了自由越南的希望，”特朗普说道。
里普利此前曾因当日的行动获得海军十字勋章。他的三个儿子及其他多名家人出席了周四的仪式。
退休陆军少校尼古拉斯·多克里
2026年6月18日，在华盛顿特区白宫，特朗普总统为退休陆军少校尼古拉斯·多克里颁发荣誉勋章。阿尔·德拉戈/盖蒂图片社
白宫称，2012年10月，多克里在阿富汗卡比萨省担任排长时，其所在排遭到数十名塔利班武装人员的伏击。
“敌军从机枪和火箭筒倾泻出铺天盖地的火力，”特朗普在仪式上说道，“尼克全然不顾自身安危，冲过开阔地带，集结四散的队员。”
在接下来的四个小时里，多克里在城市地形中与塔利班武装作战，多次身陷险境。白宫表示，当日他的排无一人伤亡。
当他发现一名队员失踪时，“尼克冲进建筑群，在一条小巷里找到了被两名塔利班武装人员拖拽的中士，”总统说道。
多克里击毙了两名塔利班武装人员，将中士送往安全地带。当他发现中士没有呼吸时，多克里立即实施心肺复苏，成功挽救了中士的生命，特朗普说道。
他爬上一处开放式屋顶，暴露在敌军火力之下，为美军战机发出信号，请求“前来营救该排”，随后成功疏散了三名受伤的排员。
“他用烟雾手榴弹标记敌军位置，让美国武装直升机前来营救该排，”特朗普说道，并指出多克里是“当日最后一个撤离战场的人”。
Trump awards Medal of Honor to 3 veterans of the Vietnam, Afghanistan wars
June 18, 2026 / 6:40 PM EDT / CBS News
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President Trump on Thursday conferred two Vietnam War veterans and one veteran of the Afghanistan War with the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award.
In a ceremony at the White House, the president paid tribute to retired Marine Corps Maj. James Capers Jr., retired Army Maj. Nicholas Dockery and Marine Col. John W. Ripley, who died in 2008.
Among those who attended the ceremony were Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz, and Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.
Retired Marine Corps Maj. James Capers
President Trump awards the Medal of Honor to retired Marine Corps Maj. James Capers Jr. in the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 18, 2026. Ken Cedeno /AFP via Getty Images
Capers, now 88, was part of a four-day reconnaissance patrol in Vietnam in March and April of 1967, according to the White House. On the final day of the patrol, his battalion was ambushed by a claymore mine and came under heavy enemy fire, during which he suffered multiple gunshot wounds.
“Shrapnel peppered his body in 17 places,” Mr. Trump said during the ceremony. “… Every one of his fellow Marines went down wounded, but Jim rose, pushing forward on a leg that shouldn’t have been able to carry any of his weight. After a shot of morphine, Jim asserted command of the firefight.”
Capers successfully led his team to an extraction site, where he refused to evacuate before all his men were safely aboard the rescue helicopter.
“When the helicopter groaned under the weight of the entire team, too many people, he attempted to deplane, but his team physically held him back, refusing to leave their leader behind,” Mr. Trump said.
Marine Col. John W. Ripley
President Trump presents the Medal of Honor posthumously to the family of Marine Corps Col. John W. Ripley in a ceremony at the White House on June 18, 2026, in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harnik / Getty Images
In April 1972, Ripley halted a North Vietnamese assault while serving as an adviser to the South Vietnamese army, the White House said.
As part of what became known as the Easter Offensive — then the largest ground invasion since the start of the Vietnam War — the North Vietnamese army had pushed south in an attempt to capture a bridge in Dong Ha.
“As North Vietnamese forces surged through the north river bank, it became clear that the assault could only be stopped by destroying the bridge,” Mr. Trump said.
Ripley, the only soldier with sufficient demolition experience, single-handedly moved 500 pounds of explosives beneath the bridge over the course of several hours.
“Hand over hand, he climbed, dangling beneath the bridge, and over the rushing water…Completely exposed to withering enemy gunfire, John completed, not one, not two, but five such trips,” Mr. Trump said.
Ripley then successfully detonated the charges, destroying the bridge and preventing the North Vietnamese army from advancing.
“When John detonated the explosives, the bridge collapsed into the river, crushing the advance, and saved the hope of a free Vietnam for Easter morning,” Mr. Trump said.
Ripley was previously awarded the Navy Cross for his actions that day. His three sons and several other family members attended Thursday’s ceremony.
Retired Army Maj. Nicholas Dockery
Retired Army Maj. Nicholas Dockery is awarded the Medal of Honor by President Trump in the White House on June 18, 2026, in Washington, D.C. Al Drago / Getty Images
Dockery was serving as a platoon leader in the Kapisa Province of Afghanistan in October 2012 when his platoon was ambushed by dozens of Taliban fighters, the White House said.
“The enemy unleashed overwhelming torrents of fire from machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades,” Mr. Trump said during the ceremony. “Without concern for his own life at all, Nick raced across the open ground to rally his scattered team.”
Over the next four hours, Dockery fought the Taliban forces in urban terrain, risking his life several times. No one on his team was lost that day, the White House said.
When he realized that one of his team members was missing, “Nick rushed through the compound until he found the sergeant being dragged through an alleyway by two Taliban fighters,” the president said.
Dockery killed the two Taliban fighters and rushed the sergeant to safety. When he discovered the sergeant was not breathing, Dockery began CPR, resuscitating the sergeant, Mr. Trump said.
He successfully evacuated three wounded members of his platoon after he climbed onto an open roof, making himself vulnerable to more enemy fire, and signaling U.S. military aircraft to “come to the platoon’s rescue.”
“He signaled enemy positions with smoke grenades, allowing American gunships to come to the platoon’s rescue,” Mr. Trump said, noting that Dockery was the “last man to depart the battlefield that day.”
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