June 19, 2014

2014-06-19T14:29:53-04:00

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President Obama awarded Marine Lance Corporal Kyle Carpenter (Ret.) with the Medal of Honor at a White House ceremony for his heroic actions during a November 2010 grenade attack in Afghanistan. President Obama told the story of how, while manning a rooftop post in the Helmand Province, Corporal Carpenter covered a grenade with his body in order to save the life of a fellow Marine. President Obama talked about Corporal Carpenter’s current activities and said that he was “a shining example of what our nation needs to encourage.”

President Obama awarded Marine Lance Corporal Kyle Carpenter (Ret.) with the Medal of Honor at a White House ceremony for his heroic actions during a… read more