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President Joe Biden presented the first Medal of Honor award of his presidency Friday afternoon.
The award went to 94-year-old retired Army Ranger Col. Ralph Puckett Jr. for his actions in 1950.
Puckett bravely led a Ranger company against a battalion-sized force of hundreds during the Korean War.
President Joe Biden awarded the first Medal of Honor of his presidency on Friday to a retired US Army Ranger and Korean War hero for conspicuous gallantry.
Retired Col. Ralph Puckett Jr., 94, received the military s highest honor for valor for his outstanding actions on Hill 205 near Unsan, an area about 60 miles from the Chinese border deep in what is now North Korea, on November 25, 1950 heroism for which he was initially awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
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