{"id":16573,"date":"2026-06-21T10:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T10:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=16573"},"modified":"2026-06-21T02:26:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T02:26:56","slug":"founder-of-marine-special-ops-get-medal-of-honor-67-years-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=16573","title":{"rendered":"Founder of Marine special ops get Medal of Honor 67 years late."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Really great story. You can read about Major Capers here.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marines.mil\/News\/News-Display\/Article\/4521240\/two-marine-corps-legends-awarded-medal-of-honor-inducted-into-hall-of-heroes\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.marines.mil\/News\/News-Display\/Article\/4521240\/two-marine-corps-legends-awarded-medal-of-honor-inducted-into-hall-of-heroes\/\">A native of Bishopville, South Carolina, Capers enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1956 and served 10 years as an enlisted Marine, rising to the rank of sergeant, before earning a battlefield commission in 1966. Throughout his career, he charted a rare path from enlisted infantryman to commanding an elite reconnaissance company. He served for 22 years before retiring at the rank of major in 1978.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And an interview here &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AMERICAN HERO: Major Capers shares powerful message to nation\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ei4h1LP2MVc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Really great story. You can read about Major Capers here. A native of Bishopville, South Carolina, Capers enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1956 and served 10 years as an enlisted Marine, rising to the rank of sergeant, before earning a battlefield commission in 1966. Throughout his career, he charted a rare path from enlisted &#8230; <a title=\"Founder of Marine special ops get Medal of Honor 67 years late.\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=16573\" aria-label=\"Read more about Founder of Marine special ops get Medal of Honor 67 years late.\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16573"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16574,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16573\/revisions\/16574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}