Staff Sgt. Ty Carter To Be Awarded The Medal Of Honor For His Actions At The Battle Of COP Keating

Staff Sgt. Ty Carter, part of the White Platoon fire team, 8-1 Cavalry, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, provides overwatch on a road near Dahla Dam, Afghanistan, in July 2012.

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Soldier To Receive Medal Of Honor For Incredible Bravery After His Afghan Outpost Was Overrun -- Business Insider

An American soldier will be awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions while defending a remote outpost in Afghanistan overrun by hundreds of Taliban fighters, Stars & Stripes reports.

Staff Sgt. Ty Carter, 33, will be the fifth living recipient of the nation's highest award, and the second for the 2009 Battle of Kamdesh.

“I don’t think it’s for me,” he told The Spokesman-Review. “It’s for everybody in the unit who sacrificed and held their own, the soldiers that gave their lives for us to be here today. They and their families deserve it.”

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