Fellow American Patriots,
I wish to specific my deepest gratitude on your ongoing help of our mission. It’s by way of the generosity of people such as you that we will proceed our work of advocating for justice and recognizing the courageous women and men who’ve served our nation with extraordinary braveness and sacrifice.
Along with persevering with to push for pardons for our Warriors who’re nonetheless in jail, we’re working tirelessly to help Main James Capers, Jr., a Marine veteran whose unbelievable story of valor, resilience, and selflessness deserves the best recognition.
Main Capers, who overcame super adversity to change into a trailblazer in the US Marine Corps, has but to obtain the Medal of Honor—the best distinction our nation can bestow upon a service member.
Born into poverty in the course of the “Jim Crow” period in South Carolina, Main Capers rose above unbelievable private {and professional} challenges to change into one of many first African People to serve within the elite Drive Reconnaissance items. His actions in the course of the Vietnam Conflict, together with main top-secret particular operations missions underneath excessive situations, saving lives, and exhibiting outstanding management even after sustaining life-threatening accidents, are a testomony to his bravery and patriotism. Regardless of being nominated for the Medal of Honor for his heroism at Phu Loc, Main Capers has not but been awarded this distinction, and no legitimate cause has been supplied for the delay.
This injustice is one thing we’re working diligently to appropriate.
Along with his heroic actions in fight, Main Capers continued to serve for example to future generations by way of his function because the featured Marine within the Marine Corps’ “Ask a Marine” recruiting marketing campaign. This marketing campaign was some of the profitable recruiting campaigns the Marine Corps ever ran and led to many nice People, from all walks of life, serving with honor.
Along with his heroic actions, Main Capers’ story is considered one of overcoming adversity, dedication to obligation, and unyielding patriotism. It could be a historic and becoming recognition of his service to honor him with the Medal of Honor.
Surprisingly, he would be the first African-American Marine Corps Officer to obtain the Medal of Honor. Whereas this isn’t the rationale he ought to obtain the award, sure people with affect inside our authorities supplied to assist guarantee Main Capers acquired the Medal of Honor… in return for Main Capers’ willingness to assist promote a false narrative about insurmountable systemic racism in present-day America.
Main Capers, an 87-year-old fiercely patriotic and principled American, declined their help. His steadfast perception within the greatness of our nation and his dedication to unity over division are testaments to his character and integrity.
Tragically, his refusal to permit these people to politicize his story resulted in an absence of help from these very people who might have helped him safe this long-overdue recognition.
Main Capers’ unwavering loyalty to our nation, his refusal to permit his private story to be politicized, and his steadfast perception within the greatness of America are qualities that encourage all of us at United American Patriots.
By serving to to make sure Main Capers receives the Medal of Honor, we cannot solely proper this mistaken but additionally ship a strong message concerning the values that outline us as a nation.
Sadly, only recently, Main Capers once more confronted one other unjustifiable and unexplainable impediment to gaining notoriety. Our nation’s service academies refused to run a one-page advert honoring Main Capers within the commemorative program for the latest one hundred and twenty fifth Military-Navy Soccer sport.
This matter was so surprising and regarding that 23 Congressmen wrote a letter to the superintendents of the Academies requesting an evidence.
The superintendents of the academies might have accredited the advert and the publishers would have had sufficient time to print it.
Sadly, the superintendents had been both scared to run the advert or they had been ordered to not. Regardless of the explanations they supplied, that are unhealthy sufficient, the choice was purely political.
We are actually encouraging these identical members of Congress to write down to President Trump to induce the President-Elect to award the Medal of Honor to Main Capers the primary week he returns to the Oval Workplace.
President Ronald Reagan set a precedent by awarding the Medal of Honor to Grasp Sergeant Roy P. Benavidez, one other Vietnam veteran, early in his presidency. Following this instance, bestowing this honor on Main Capers throughout President-Elect Trump’s first week in workplace could be a becoming and historic acknowledgment of Main Capers’ service and sacrifice.
By awarding Main Capers the Medal of Honor, it might not solely assist rectify an injustice but additionally ship a strong message concerning the values of particular person accomplishments which we maintain expensive as People, over group id politics.
As we proceed our efforts, we’d like your assist to make sure that Main Capers, together with different deserving service members, obtain the popularity they so rightfully deserve or shield their rights in opposition to different injustices.
Your donation to United American Patriots, together with signing our petition, will permit us to maintain preventing for justice on behalf of those heroes and assist us amplify their tales of valor or injustice throughout the nation.
We’re asking on your help now to make sure that these efforts can proceed. Any contribution you’ll be able to present will make a distinction and assist us deliver concerning the long-overdue recognition of Main Capers whereas defending different heroes like him.
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