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>>> MARINE CORPORAL CARPENTER'S UNIT WAS INVOLVED IN A
FIREFIGHT IN AFGHANISTAN ALMOST
A YEAR AGO, AND IT CHANGED HIS
LIFE FOREVER.
LIFE FOREVER. HE WAS GRAVELY INJURED WHEN HE
FELL ON A GRENADE TO SAVE A
FELLOW MARINE.
FELLOW MARINE. BECAUSE OF THAT, CORPORAL
CARPENTER WAS THE YOUNGEST
RECIPIENT TO BE AWARDED THE
MEDAL OF HONOR.
NOW HE HAS A NEW BOOK TITLED,
YOU ARE WORTH IT, AND HE JOINS
US NOW AND WE ARE SO HONORED TO
HAVE HIM HERE ON GREAT DAY
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
I APPRECIATE IT.
>> I LOVE WHAT YOU SAID.
IT'S NOT JUST THE EXPERIENCES
IN THE WAR BUT WHAT YOU HAVE
DONE SINCE.
DONE SINCE. HOW IS IT TO INSPIRE PEOPLE
EVERY DAY?
EVERY DAY? >> IT'S BEEN SURREAL.
IT'S BEEN A 9-YEAR JOURNEY.
I STARTED WRITING IT TWO YEARS
AGO.
AGO.
AGO. AS
AGO. AS I
AGO. AS I THOUGHT ABOUT IT DURING
THE YEARS, I DIDN'T WANT TO
WRITE A BOOK THAT ONLY MILITARY
VETERANS OR PEOPLE IN COMBAT
COULD UNDERSTAND.
COULD UNDERSTAND. I WANTED ANYONE AND EVERYONE TO
NOT ONLY PICK IT UP AND
UNDERSTAND IT AND TAKE LESSONS
FROM THAT CAME FROM ME BECAUSE
I WAS FORCED TO SEARCH FOR THE
SILVER LINING AND GLIMMERS OF
HOPE IN THE LONG, DARK, AND
PAINFUL NIGHTS.
PAINFUL NIGHTS. >> YOU THINK BACK TO THE MOMENT
THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE FOREVER,
IT WAS JUST A NATURAL INSTINCT
THAT YOU SAW THE GRENADE AND
JUMPED ON IT THAT MOMENT AND
SENT YOU ON THIS PATH FOR THE
REST OF YOUR LIFE?
>> UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T
REMEMBER ANYTHING.
REMEMBER ANYTHING. I AM JUST SO GRATFUL THAT I
SURVIVED AND WOKE UP 5 WEEKS
LATER.
LATER.
LATER. BUT IF I HAD TO GUESS, NOT ONLY
DID I LOVE AND RESPECT AND FEEL
IT WAS AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE
TO SERVE WITH THOSE NEXT TO ME.
BUT WE AGREED IT'S INGRAINED
THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY THE
GENERATIONS AND COUNTLESS
STORIES OF MARINES THAT CAME
BEFORE US, THE COURAGEOUS
MARINES THAT COVERED GRENADES
FOR FELLOW MARINES AND MARINES
THAT WERE TOLD YOU PROBABLY
WON'T MAKE IT, 17, 18, 19 YEARS
OLD, THEY DID THAT ANYWAY
KNOWING THE COST.
BUT FROM THAT GENERATION UNTIL
NOW, WE'RE HONORED, PROUD, AND
PRIVILEGED TO NOT ONLY
SACRIFICE, AND THAT'S WHAT I
WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WITH THIS
BOOK.
BOOK.
BOOK. ALL
BOOK. ALL THE AMERICANS, ALL THE
PEOPLE THAT UNDERSTAND, THE
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD THAT
JUST LONG TO ONE DAY WAKE UP
AND JUST TASTE FREEDOM AND THE
KIDS THAT, YOU KNOW, WANT TO
LEARN TO READ, I WANT PEOPLE
THAT KNOW THEY ARE WORTH IT.
THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO CONNECT
WITH EVERYONE.
WITH EVERYONE. >> I LOVE THIS.
YOU GRADUATED COLLEGE AND RUN
MARATHONS AND HAVE BEEN
SKYDIVING, A HUGE SOCIAL MEDIA
STAR.
STAR.
STAR. HOW
STAR. HOW DID YOU GET THROUGH ALL OF
THAT WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE WOULD
BE STUCK ON WHAT HAPPENED?
STRUG CELL NOT A COMPETITION.
YOU DEAL IN YOUR OWN MAY BUT
WHAT I ENCOURAGE IS YOU DON'T
HAVE TO KNOW THE NEXT STEP OR
THE NEXT MINUTE OR DAY HOLDS,
AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE LINES IS
THE SMALLEST SUCCESS -- I WANT
TO TELL PEOPLE YOU MAY BE
PHYSICALLY OR EMOTIONALLY,
MENTALLY DIFFERENT BUT YOU WILL
BE STRONGER AFTER YOU WERE
KNOCKED DOWN.
KNOCKED DOWN. >> THE BOOK COMES OUT THIS
WEEK.
WEEK.
WEEK. WHERE CAN PEOPLE GO?
>> EVERYWHERE THE BOOKS ARE
SOLD, HARPER COLLINS WEBSITE,
MY PUBLISHER AND AMAZON, AND I
READ THE AUDIO BOOK.
IT'S HARD AND CHALLENGING BUT
I'M GLAD I DID IT.
I THINK IT'S A NICE TOUCH.
>> I LOVE AUDIOBOOKS.
YOU CAN HEAR IT IN