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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.
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.
Payne knew he would be exposed to enemy gunfire, but that didn't stop him from moving into the fray. "I called for a set of bolt-cutters and the sergeant major was like, 'hey, I got you,'" Payne said.
Sgt. Maj. Thomas "Patrick" Payne, an Army Ranger assigned to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, will receive the Medal of Honor after he risked his life to save hostages facing imminent ...