From the Archives: Medal of Honor Heroes from Iraq and Afghanistan (October 17, 2021)
Host Dale Throneberry talks with James Kitfield, author of “In The Company of Heroes: The Inspiring Stories of Medal of Honor Recipients from America’s Longest Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.”
Award-winning military journalist James Kitfield tells the amazing stories of 22 soldiers who’ve received the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award.
“In The Company of Heroes” features in-depth narrative profiles of the 23 post-9/11 Medal of Honor awardees who served in Afghanistan and Iraq. This book will focus on the stories of these extraordinary people, expressed in their own voices through one-on-one interviews, and in the case of posthumous awards, through interviews with their brothers-in-arms and their families. The public affairs offices of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the individual armed services, as well as the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, have expressed their support for this project.
Stories include Marine Corps Corporal William “Kyle” Carpenter, who puposely lunged toward a Taliban hand grenade to shield his buddy from the blast; Navy SEAL team leader Britt Slabinski, who, after being ambushed and retreating in the Hindu Kush, returned against monumental odds to try to save one of his team members who was inadvertently lost in the fight; and Ranger Staff Sergeant Leroy Petry, who lunged for a live grenade, threw it back at the enemy, and saved his two Ranger brothers.
