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| President Barack Obama shakes hands with retired
Marine Cpl. William "Kyle" Carpenter after awarding him the Medal of
Honor, Thursday, June 19, 2014, in the East Room of the White House in |
Today, June 19, 2014, Corporal
Carpenter was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Obama at a
ceremony in the White House in Washington ,
D.C. Iraq or Afghanistan . He
served as a rifleman in the U.S. Marines. He was medically retired as a
Corporal due to his wounds. Carpenter is credited with attempting to shield a
fellow Marine, Lance Cpl. Nick Eufrazio, from a grenade blast in combat
operations in Afghanistan on
November 21, 2010. He lost his right eye and spent over two years recovering
from other injuries. Both Marines survived the blast but suffered major
injuries.
Corporal Carpenter is currently attending the University
of South Carolina in Columbia . Greater love has no one than this: to lay down
one’s life for one’s friends. (John 15:13 NIV).
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