{"id":22914,"date":"2024-04-29T14:09:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T18:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=22914"},"modified":"2024-04-29T14:09:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T18:09:54","slug":"sen-ossoff-statement-on-retired-army-colonel-ralph-puckett-jr-lying-in-honor-in-u-s-capitol","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-statement-on-retired-army-colonel-ralph-puckett-jr-lying-in-honor-in-u-s-capitol\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Statement on Retired Army Colonel Ralph Puckett Jr. Lying in Honor in U.S. Capitol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Washington, D.C.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff today released the following statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI join all Georgians and all Americans in remembering and recognizing the late Army Colonel Ralph Puckett Jr. for his decades of valiant service to the United States as he lies in honor today in the United States Capitol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI send my condolences and deepest appreciation to his wife Jeannie, daughter Martha, son Thomas, and his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBorn in Tifton, Georgia, Col. Puckett received his commission as an Infantry Officer from the United States Military Academy, West Point, in 1949.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe volunteered for the Eighth Army Ranger Company, which was formed shortly after the Korean War began in 1950, and later was seriously wounded in action as the company commander while attached to Task Force Dolvin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFollowing his service, Col. Puckett remained active and served as the Honorary Colonel of the 75th Ranger Regiment and as an Honorary Instructor at The Infantry School in Columbus, Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn 2021, Col. Puckett was awarded the Medal of Honor \u2014 our nation&#8217;s highest military honor \u2014 for his heroic actions in Korea and for his decades of service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLike all Americans, I\u2019m deeply grateful for Col. Puckett\u2019s decades of selfless service and sacrifice, and our country is a better place because of him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMay Col. Puckett\u2019s memory be a blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C.&nbsp;\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff today released the following statement. \u201cI join all Georgians and all Americans in remembering and recognizing the late Army Colonel Ralph Puckett Jr. for his decades of valiant service to the United States as he lies in honor today in the United States Capitol. \u201cI send my condolences and [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22914","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/22914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/22914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22916,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/22914\/revisions\/22916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}