Two men, Kyle Carpenter and Thomas Patrick Payne, are living Medal of Honor recipients from Batesburg-Leesville. Here's how their time in rural South Carolina influenced their lives.

President Donald Trump awards the Medal of Honor to Sgt. Maj. Thomas "Patrick" Payne at the White House, Washington, D.C., Sept. 11, 2020. Payne was awarded the medal for his actions while serving ...

The town is Batesburg-Leesville, and the war heroes are Sgt. Maj. Thomas Patrick Payne and Cpl. Kyle Carpenter, both recipients of the nation's highest military award for valor, the Medal of Honor.

Trump picked the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks to honor Sgt. Maj. Thomas “Patrick” Payne, who negotiated a barrage of enemy gunfire and repeatedly entered a burning building in a ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — South Carolina soldier Thomas Patrick Payne stood in the East Room of the White House on Friday as President Donald Trump presented him with the highest military honor.