Kyle Carpenter
publication date: Sunday, November 11, 2018 (part of Fall 2018)
category: 
Military
clue: When a grenade is about to go off, honorable heroes don't typically come out of the woodwork, but this one did.
explanation: Carpenter leaped on a grenade to save a comrade, and was awarded a Medal of Honor. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, and Erik Bates
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