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Kyle Car­pen­ter, the youngest liv­ing Medal of Hon­or recip­i­ent, cel­e­brat­ed his 10th alive day with a mov­ing video on Friday.

Car­pen­ter received the Medal of Hon­or from Pres­i­dent Barack Oba­ma on June 19, 2014, for his actions in Mar­jah, Afghanistan 10 years ago when he leaped atop a grenade to shield a fel­low Marine, absorb­ing the brunt of the blast with his own body.

 

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