Congress Authorizes President Trump to Award Medal of Honor to Marine Major James Capers, Jr.

59 years have passed since the 1967 Vietnam actions for which Capers would receive the Medal of Honor

3,528 Medals of Honor have been awarded in U.S. history; 61 recipients are alive today

Capers' original Medal of Honor nomination ended when his commanding general was killed in a helicopter crash

92 of the 3,500+ Medal of Honor recipients have been Black; a DoD-commissioned study found 'systematic racial discrimination' in WWII-era awards

Marine Sgt. Maj. John Canley received the Medal of Honor in 2018 — 50 years after his Vietnam actions — via a similar congressional waiver