President Barack Obama, right, awards the Medal of Honor to retired U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. William Carpenter during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C., June 19, 2014.
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. William Kyle Carpenter was awarded the Medal of Honor June 19, 2014, for actions during a combat engagement in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 21, 2010. Then-Lance Cpl. Carpenter was an automatic rifleman assigned to Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) when he jumped on an enemy grenade to save the life of a fellow Marine. (DoD photo by E.J. Hersom/Released). Original public domain image from Flickr