Col. John W. Ripley, USMC (Ret.) 1:34 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 was poised on one side of the Dong-Ha Bridge to take on the "enormous force" of North Vietnamese troops ready to attack from the other side. Undaunted, the determined Captain Ripley decided to take the situation in his own hands to bring down the bridge. Lugging explosives on his back and under heavy enemy fire, he precariously crawled under the bridge, set the explosives and blew up the massive structure. Submitted by: LeatherNecker Three Keywords: John Ripley USMC Marines Vietnam
Posted to Great Americans by LeatherNecker on April 29, 2009
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