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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.
4 nov. 2008 · Colonel Ripley entered Marine Corps lore when he single-handedly blunted a major North Vietnamese offensive during the Vietnam War by blowing up a strategically placed bridge.
30 août 2007 · 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...
Funeral of Col. John W. Ripley - US Marine Corps Legend and Hero (Updated) Updated footage of the funeral of Col. John W. Ripley, USMC (Ret.) at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis,...
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.
16 déc. 2008 · Colonel John Ripley USMC: Col. John Ripley, USMC, recounts his heroic feat destroying the Dong Ha bridge in Vietnam. Fatigued and undernourished, he had recourse to praying to Jesus and Mary ...
John Ripley was a Marine captain who destroyed a bridge to stop a North Vietnamese invasion in 1972. He received the Navy Cross and became a legend and an inspiration for many.
