Suffering two broken legs and heavy bleeding, Capers continued fighting and directed his team in the counterattack.

Lawmakers have renewed an effort to award the Medal of Honor to Maj. James Capers Jr., a reconnaissance Marine who in 1967 led his nine-member team to safety despite being grievously wounded in the ...

The last day Jack Simpson had both his legs was Nov. 10, 1968, when he was a 19-year-old Marine Corps soldier deployed for the Vietnam War. At 6 a.m. Nov. 11 — on Veterans Day — Simpson ...