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♥️🇺🇸🙏♥️Talk about a badass. John Ripley was a Marine in Vietnam. In 1972, he dangled for three hours beneath a key bridge in Vietnam, while he attached 500 pounds of explosives to the struts. In the process, he came under intense enemy fire, but pressed on - and stopped a huge enemy advance. Great work, Rip. He went on to a long and storied career, which brought him a Navy Cross, Silver Star, and more