WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Jim Banks issued the following press release:
Yesterday, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined President Trump, Secretary of War Hegseth, military officials, and members of Congress at the White House for a ceremony in which Indianapolis native, Major Nicholas Dockery, U.S. Army (Retired) was awarded the Medal of Honor.
Major Dockery received the Medal of Honor for acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty on October 2, 2012, while serving as a Platoon Leader in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan.
On this day, a large and well-armed Taliban force ambushed his platoon. Over the course of four hours, he fought and maintained contact with the enemy in extremely restricted urban terrain, personall...