Marine Corps veteran Kyle Carpenter was severely wounded in Afghanistan in November 2010 when he shielded another Marine from a grenade. He reportedly will receive the Medal of Honor.

Kyle had to undergo 30 operations. He had an image of his Purple Heart embedded into his glass eye. Recovery is a daily battle and he pushes his body to the limit, even doing pull-ups.

On June 19, 2014, William “Kyle” Carpenter was awarded the Medal of Honor. During the ceremony, Carpenter’s occupational therapist at Walter Reed, Erik Johnson, noticed something different ...

Kyle Carpenter doesn’t remember what he was thinking before he jumped on top of a Taliban grenade to save his friend’s life, but he believes that you were worth sacrificing for. On Nov. 21 ...

Reporting from WASHINGTON — Nearly four years ago, Marine Cpl. William Kyle Carpenter jumped between a grenade and a fellow Marine while they were guarding a patrol base in Afghanistan’s ...

Those thoughts raced through Marine Corporal Kyle Carpenter's head in the moments after he dove on top of a Taliban grenade, taking the brunt of the blast and saving the life of his best friend.

Kyle Carpenter is the youngest recipient of the Medal of Honor in history, but what earned him the medal was his brave decision to dive on an enemy grenade that landed between him and his best ...

On March 24, Medal of Honor recipient Kyle Carpenter posted a photo on Twitter commemorating the seven-year anniversary of the day he arrived at Recruit Training Depot Parris Island, South Carolina.

Kyle Carpenter says he never went a day at the University of South Carolina without a professor or fellow student thanking him for his sacrifice as a U.S. Marine. But he admits he also never ...

Our 'alarm clock' was AK-47 fire. On Nov. 19, 2010, Carpenter and his squad moved south by foot to a small village, accompanied by engineers, an interpreter, and Afghan National Army troops.

Six years ago this month Lance Corporal Kyle Carpenter suffered grievous wounds after shielding another Marine from a grenade blast in Afghanistan. Somehow, he survived. This is the story of his ...