Medal of Honor Recipient Joins Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes

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WASHINGTON – A former paratrooper who received the Medal of Honor from President Barack Obama Monday for acts of valor against the Taliban in 2008 was inducted into the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes during a ceremony Tuesday. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work, Army Secretary John M. McHugh and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno […]

Cpl William Carpenter Receives Medal of Honor During Thursday White House Ceremony

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Cpl William Carpenter Receives Medal of Honor During Thursday White House Ceremony

President Obama, on Thursday afternoon, presented the nation’s highest military honor, the Medal of Honor to Cpl. William “Kyle” Carpenter in the Eat Room of the White House. 24-year-old Cpl Carpenter, along with Lance Cpl Nicholas Eufrazio, were assigned to a sandbag fortification atop a building in a small village in Helmand province on November […]