With Pride and Gratitude, We Stand and Honor Medal of Honor Recipient, Retired United States Marine Corps Major James Capers, Jr.
The Leadership Team at the Transit Supervisors Organization – TWU Local 106 recognizes that the freedoms we enjoy as Americans were secured through the extraordinary courage and sacrifice of heroes like The Warrior. The Legend. Retired United States Marine Corps Major James Capers, Jr. and now Medal of Honor Recipient.
In 1967, severely wounded and under heavy fire in Vietnam, Major Capers led his entire team to safety and refused to board the helicopter until every single one of his men was on it first. He was the first African American to lead a Marine Reconnaissance company and receive a battlefield commission.
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Thank you Major Capers! We honor and pay tribute to you. We know that freedom is not free and we enjoy all that we have because of great men like you.
