COL. JOHN W. RIPLEY, U.S. MARINE CORPS (ret.), recipient of the Navy Cross and for years one of my personal heroes, has passed away. Ripley, 69, was awarded the Navy Cross – the nation’s ...
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 ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. JOHN W. RIPLEY entered US Marine Corps lore when he single-handedly blunted a major North Vietnamese offensive by blowing up the Dong Ha ...
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