WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama bestowed the nation’s highest military honor, the Medal of Honor, on Army Staff Sgt. Ty Carter on Monday, saluting the veteran of the war in Afghanistan as “the essence of true heroism,” one still engaged in a batt...
Medal Of Honor Goes To Afghan War Veteran
By TOM RAUM
Associated Press, Charlotte Sun
Mon, 08/26/2013 - 2:31pm
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