Watch Live: Biden awards Medal of Honor to Korean War veteran

President Biden will award the first Medal of Honor of his presidency on Friday to retired Colonel Ralph Puckett Jr. for his "conspicuous gallantry" in the Korean War. Mr. Biden will be presenting the medal, which is the nation's highest military honor, in a ceremony alongside South Korea's President Moon Jae-in, the White House announced Wednesday. 

Puckett, who was a first lieutenant during the war, "distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty, while serving as the Commander, 8th U.S. Army Ranger Company during the period of November 25, and 26, 1950, in Korea," the White House said in a statement.