More than 50 years after hanging beneath a Vietnam bridge to stop a North Vietnamese armored invasion, Marine Col. John Ripley will be awarded the Medal of Honor.

Marine Capt. John Ripley hung demolition charges beneath a key bridge, swinging hand-over-hand for three hours while under ...

Marine Capt. John Ripley is poised to receive the Medal of Honor posthumously after the Senate approved special legislation.

It was Easter Sunday, April 2, 1972. At 12:45, John W. Ripley received confirmation from Army Maj. James Smock, advisor to the 20th Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) Tank Battalion, that the two ...

Retired Marine Corps Col. John W. Ripley, a Vietnam war hero who was awarded the Navy Cross for risking his life to blow up a strategic Highway 1 bridge that halted the advance of North Vietnamese ...

The silhouettes of U.S. Marines of the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Division, loaded down with gear and armored vests, are set off by the rising sun at the airstrip at Dong Ha, eight miles south of the ...