WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden will award his first Medal of Honor this week to a retired colonel for acts of bravery during the Korean War, the White House announced Wednesday.Biden will bestow the nation's most prestigious military honor on retired Col.
Ralph Puckett Jr., who held Hill 205, a strategic position near Unsan, over two days in November 1950 while fighting off numerous attacks during the battle in which he endured multiple wounds.South Korean President Moon Jae-in will attend the ceremony, the White House said.