This Video of Hero Marine Cpl. Kyle Carpenter Saying ‘I’m Just Getting Started’ Will Give You Chills

Retired Marine Cpl. Kyle Carpenter will soon be recognized as an American hero, earning the Medal of Honor for his bravery in combat. Via Marine Corps Times:

Carpenter’s Medal of Honor nomination stems from reports that, as a 21-year-old lance corporal, he intentionally covered a grenade to save the life of his friend, Lance Cpl. Nicholas Eufrazio on Nov. 21, 2010, as the two Marines were standing guard on a rooftop in the Marjah district of Afghanistan’s Helmand province. Both men survived the blast, but were badly wounded. Carpenter lost his right eye and most of his teeth, his jaw was shattered and his arm was broken in dozens of places.

Eufrazio sustained damage to the frontal lobe of his brain from shrapnel. Until recently, his wounds rendered him unable to speak.

The Marine Corps’ investigation into events surrounding the grenade blast has been complicated by circumstances. First, no one witnessed what took place after that grenade was thrown. Second, Carpenter said he couldn’t remember what happened due to trauma from the blast. Third, Eufrazio has been on a long and intensive road to recovery from his wounds. He only regained his ability to speak in late 2012, when his family reported that he was greeting hospital visitors by name.

Still, troops who served with Carpenter on the Marjah deploymentsay there’s no doubt in their minds that he absorbed the grenade blast to save his comrade.

The Marines dropped an incredible video about Carpenter’s resilience. It will give you chills, if not make you want to go through a freakin‘ wall.

“My body was torn apart by an enemy hand grenade upon arriving at Camp Bastion, I was labeled P.E.A. — patient expired on arrival. I flat-lined at Walter Reed. The enemy killed me. I came back.”

Thank you for your service, Cpl. Carpenter.

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