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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel greets Medal of Honor recipient retired Marine Corps Cpl. William “Kyle” Carpenter during a Hall of Heroes induction ceremony at the Pentagon, June 20, 2014. President Barack Obama presented Carpenter with the Medal of Honor at the White House a day earlier, for his actions while deployed in Marjah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in 2010.

HALL OF HEROES

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel greets Medal of Honor recipient retired Marine Corps Cpl. William “Kyle” Carpenter during a Hall of Heroes induction ceremony at the Pentagon, June 20, 2014. President Barack Obama presented Carpenter with the Medal of Honor at the White House a day earlier, for his actions while deployed in Marjah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in 2010.

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