{"id":122243,"date":"2026-02-25T00:55:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T05:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/trump-awards-back-to-back-medals-of-honor-during-state-of-the-union-address-122243"},"modified":"2026-02-25T00:55:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T05:55:43","slug":"trump-awards-back-to-back-medals-of-honor-during-state-of-the-union-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/trump-awards-back-to-back-medals-of-honor-during-state-of-the-union-address-122243","title":{"rendered":"Trump awards back-to-back Medals of Honor during State of the Union address"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> used part of his State of the Union address on Tuesday to spotlight American military heroism, awarding U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Eric Slover and U.S. Navy Captain E. Royce Williams with the nation&#8217;s highest military honor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Recounting what he described as a high-risk January raid targeting Venezuelan leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/nicolas-maduro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/a>, Trump detailed Slover\u2019s role in leading the mission. He said Slover was piloting a Chinook helicopter transporting U.S. forces into heavily fortified enemy territory under the cover of darkness. As the aircraft approached the target, it came under intense machine gun fire from multiple directions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There were many heroes on that January raid to capture Maduro. Really great heroes. It was very dangerous,&#8221; Trump said, describing the perilous mission.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/inside-lightning-us-strike-overwhelmed-venezuelas-defenses-seized-maduro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>INSIDE THE LIGHTNING US STRIKE THAT OVERWHELMED VENEZUELA\u2019S DEFENSES AND SEIZED MADURO<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He absorbed four agonizing shots, shredding his leg into numerous pieces,&#8221; the president continued, telling lawmakers that &#8220;the success of the entire mission and the lives of his fellow warriors hinge on Eric\u2019s ability&#8221; to keep flying as blood &#8220;pour[ed] down the aisle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Slover, still recovering from his wounds, attended the address with his wife, Amy, as he was presented with the nation\u2019s highest military award.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-shatters-clintons-26-year-old-record-longest-state-union-address\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRUMP SHATTERS CLINTON&#8217;S 26-YEAR-OLD RECORD FOR LONGEST STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump also presented the Medal of Honor to Williams, a 100-year-old Korean War veteran and retired Navy captain, for his extraordinary combat valor during a long-classified 1952 aerial dogfight over the Sea of Japan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Flying a single F9F Panther jet from the USS Oriskany, Williams engaged and shot down four Soviet MiG-15 fighters during a 35-minute battle despite being heavily outnumbered and flying an aircraft considered inferior in speed and climb rate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the time, the U.S. government kept the encounter secret to avoid escalating tensions with the Soviet Union, which was not officially acknowledged as a combatant in the war. Decades later, after the details were declassified, Williams\u2019 actions were formally recognized with the nation\u2019s highest military honor.<\/p>\n<p>The back-to-back Medal of Honor ceremonies underscored the administration\u2019s emphasis on military service, drawing extended applause from lawmakers and guests in the chamber.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-awards-back-to-back-medals-honor-during-state-union-address\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-awards-back-to-back-medals-honor-during-state-union-address <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump used part of his State of the Union address on Tuesday to spotlight American military heroism, awarding U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-122243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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