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John Walter Ripley (June 29, 1939 – October 28, 2008) was a decorated United States Marine Corps Colonel who received the Navy Cross for his actions in combat during the Vietnam War. On Easter morning 1972, Captain Ripley repeatedly exposed himself to intense enemy fire over a three-hour period as he prepared to blow up an ...
John Walter Ripley (Radford, 29 de junio de 1939 - Annapolis, 28 de octubre de 2008) fue un oficial del Cuerpo de Marines de los Estados Unidos que recibió la Cruz de la Armada por sus acciones en combate durante la Guerra de Vietnam.
4 de nov. de 2008 · By Dennis Hevesi. Nov. 3, 2008. John W. Ripley, a highly decorated former colonel who entered Marine Corps lore when he single-handedly blunted a major North Vietnamese offensive during the...
April 2, 2021 Matt Fratus. John Ripley planted explosives on a bridge while under fire to stop a Vietnam offensive. On Easter Sunday, April 2, 1972, Capt. John Ripley surveyed the Dong Ha bridge over the Cua Viet River in South Vietnam’s Quang Tri province. The 32-year-old former enlisted Marine was on his second tour.
8 de may. de 2016 · 14K. 2.2M views 8 years ago. Updated footage of the funeral of Col. John W. Ripley, USMC (Ret.) at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland on November 7, 2008. --...
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30 de ago. de 2007 · 275. 65K views 16 years ago. Ripley relates his heroic feat of singlehandedly stopping the enemy during a major offensive on Easter Sunday in 1972. His "tiny force" of South Vietnamese marines...
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John Walter Ripley ( Radford, 29 de junio de 1939 - Annapolis, 28 de octubre de 2008) fue un oficial del Cuerpo de Marines de los Estados Unidos que recibió la Cruz de la Armada por sus acciones en combate durante la Guerra de Vietnam.
