Army Staff Sgt. Ty Carter received the Medal of Honor on Monday for his efforts in Afghanistan during a deadly firefight with Taliban forces four years ago.
Carter received the medal from President Obama during a White House ceremony, where the president paid tribute to Carter's "true heroism."
But Carter is also haunted by what he could not do in his bravest hour, defending Combat Outpost Keating in a daylong battle with the Taliban in an eastern corner of Afghanistan on Oct. 3, 2009.
The battle claimed the lives of eight American soldiers. Twenty-two others were wounded in the fight, in which more than 300 Taliban fighters attacked a small American base surrounded by mountains.
"I would never wish for anybody to receive this medal, because in order to receive this medal, your family is pretty much dying around you," Carter said last week. "Everything is getting destroyed, there's bullets, there's flames, there's explosions, and everybody you care about is suffering around you."
Carter was joined at the White House ceremony by his wife Shannon and three children. Obama addressed the children directly.
Via: Fox News
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