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>> reporter: october 3rd, 2009. hundreds of taliban fighters are attacking the u.s. troops below them in a valley. combat outpost keating is in chaos. specialist ty carter is pinned down in a disabled humvee with three other troops. brad larson, stephen mace and justin gallegos. >> we all know that sooner or later fire power is going to breach. >> reporter: then they realized the situation is worse than they thought. >> there was insurgents just 30 meters in front of me. >> reporter: in the camp? >> in the camp, yeah. >> reporter: had you already seen them in the camp or not? >> i hadn't seen ...

Beyond the things which are seen in temporal. the things which are unseen and eternal. we may be steadfast and loyal always. of this we pray in your holy name, amen. >> thank you very much, everybody. i hope you all enjoy the reception. i want to not only thank ty, but once again thank his extraordinary family, thank his unit, and thank you all of you for us being able to acknowledge the extraordinary sacrifices that our men and women in uniform make every single day. and ty's representative of exactly the kind of people and the quality of people who are serving us. we are grateful to them. go...

Never fails. about to lift our eyes to behold things which are seen in temporal. things unseen in internal as we may be steadfast and loyal always. all this repray and reflect in the holy name, amen. >> thank you very much, everybody. i hope you all enjoy the reception. i want to not only thing ty once again, thanks his extraordinary family. thank his unit and thank all of you for us being able to acknowledge the extraordinary sacrifices that our men and women in uniform make every single day. and ty's representative of exactly the kind of people and quality of people who are serving us. we ar...

To see. your dad inspires us just like all those big monuments and memorials do. for this is a historic day. the first time in nearly half a century, since the vietnam war, that we've been able to present the medal of honor to two survivors of the same battle. indeed when we pay tribute to clint earlier this year we recalled how he and his team provided cover that allowed three wounded americans pinned down in a humvee to make their escape. the medal we present today to the soldier that we honor, ty carter, is the story of what happened in that humvee. the story of what our troops do for each ...

All our men and women in uniform. god bless the united states of america. with that, i would like to have the citations read. >> the president of the united states of america authorized by active congress march 3, 1863, as awarded in the name of congress, the medal of honor to specialist tym. carter. united states army. for conspicuous galantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. specialist ty m. carter, distinguished himself by acts of galantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a scout with bravo troop third squadron