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Cause that is very close to all of our hearts, that's ending homelessness among our veterans. but we are honored to welcome back some of the men who fought that day at combat outpost keating. members of black knight troop. the gold star families of those who gave their lives that day. as these soldiers and families will tell you, they're a family forged in battle and loss and love. so today is something of a reunion. and we come together again with gratitude and pride to bestow the medal of honor on a second member of this family. staff sergeant ty carter. as always, we're joined by many disti...

And if you're left with just one image from that day, let it be this -- ty carter, bending over, picking up stephan mace, cradling him in his arms and carrying him through all those bull aets and carrying him backo the humvee. then he stepped out again, getting a radio. then they came up with a plan. as clint provided coverage, the three made their escape. ty, brad, stephan, getting through the chaos, delivering stephan through the medics. battle still wasn't over. so ty returned to the fight. with much of the outpost on fire. with so many wounded inside. ty stepped out one last time, exposing...

They couldn't believe it. they said it was like being in a fish bowl, easy targets for enemies in the hills above. as dawn broke that october morning with ty and most of our troops still in their bunks, their worst fears it became a reality. 53 american soldiers were suddenly surrounded by more than 300 taliban fighters. the outpost was being slammed from every direction. machine gunfire, rocket propelled grenades, mortars, sniper fire. it was chaos. the blizzard of bullets and steel into which ty ran, not once or twice or even a few times, but perhaps ten times. in doing so, he displayed the ...

But in those hellish moments, one man went down. then another. stephan disappeared into the dust and smoke. back in that humvee, ty and brad held out for hours. rolling down the window just a crack, taking a shot over and over. holding the line. preventing that outpost from being completely overrun. ty would later say, we weren't going to surrender. we were going to fight to the last round. then they saw him. their buddy. stephan, on the ground. wounded about 30 yards away. when the moment was right, ty stepped out again. and ran to stephan. applying a tourniquet to one of his legs, bandaging ...

This. ty carter bending over, picking up stephan mace, cradling him in his arms and carrying him through all those bullets and getting him back to that humvee. then ty stepped out again, recovering a radio. finally making contact with the rest of the troop, and they came up with a plan. as clint romesha and his team provided cover, these three soldiers made their escape. ty, brad carrying stephan on a stretcher through the chaos delivering stephan to the medics. the battle was still not over. so ty returned to the fight. with much of the outpost on fire. flames bearing down on the aid station ...