MoH Recipient Kyle Carpenter's Memoir Out

Yooper

Up. Identified. Lase. Fire. On the way.
A hero:

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

Deplorable
PREMO Member
:yay:
“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

Smarter than the average bear
PREMO Member
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.
 
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