US Army pilot wounded in Maduro raid gets Congressional Medal of Honor

A helicopter pilot wounded in the raid that captured then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro received the Congressional Medal of Honor during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday evening.Trump said Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Eric Slover, who appeared using a walker, was the pilot of the lead CH-47 Chinook helicopter that descended on the “heavily protected military fortress” that held Maduro during a raid that, while successful, left seven US service members with gunshot wounds and shrapnel-related injuries.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“While preparing to land, enemy machine guns fired from every angle, and Eric was hit very badly in the leg and hip, one bullet after another,” Trump said, adding that Slover “absorbed four agonizing shots, shredding his leg into numerous pieces.”Months of covert planning led to the brazen operation that plunged the South American country’s capital into darkness as troops