MoH Recipient Kyle Carpenter's Memoir Out

[Yooper]

A hero:

A Medal Of Honor Recipient Celebrates Gratitude And Sacrifice

In Kyle Carpenter’s memoir 'You Are Worth It,' the youngest living recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor offers valuable life lessons.

thefederalist.com

Jumping on a grenade to save another Marine's life....

He pulls no punches when describing its devastating effects on his small frame, which included a collapsed lung, burst eardrums, injuries to both eyes, 30 fractures to his right arm, a severed jaw, broken teeth, and heavy shrapnel injuries to his brain, arteries, and face. To those who wonder how he survived such extensive wounds, Carpenter has a simple explanation: miracles, of timing, fortunate accidents, and incredible circumstances.

Looking forward to reading it.

--- End of line (MCP)

 

[DoWhat]

“If you were able to weaken [the enemy’s] stronghold or just give hope to those innocent people, even in the smallest of ways, so that one day they might taste the freedom of safety,” he explains, “then you made a difference.”

 

[Monello]

Many MoH recipients never get to write a book.

FWIW, my small home town of Belleville, NJ, has produced 2 MoH soldiers. Gunnery Sgt. Fred Stockham(WWI), and PFC Henry Svehla(Korea). Both paid with their lives.