Kyle Carpenter is the youngest living recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, the highest

medal in the land.

I'll read from his citation.

On November 21, 2010, 21-year-old Lance Corporal Carpenter and a fellow Marine were manning

a rooftop security position on the perimeter of patrol-based Dakota in Afghanistan when

the enemy initiated a daylight attack with hand grenades, one of which landed inside

their sandbagged position.

Without hesitation and with complete disregard for his own safety, Lance Corporal Carpenter

moved toward the grenade in an attempt to shield his fellow Marine from the deadly blast.

When the grenade detonated, his body absorbed the brunt of the blast, severely wounding him,

but saving the life of his fellow Marine.

Kyle talks about the responsibility he feels to wear the title of Marine, to being a recipient

of the Medal of Honor.

And most of all, the awesome responsibility we all have to our fellow human beings.

This is a bit of optimism.

The funny thing is I was going to ask you, can you tell your story?

Did it occur to me that I probably know as much about your story as you do because you

don't really remember what happened, but you remember before and you remember after?

Is that true?

That is correct, yes.

Can you tell me you were 20, 21-years-old?

I had just turned 21.

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