Helmand Province was the scene of some of the toughest fighting in Afghanistan in 2010<br/> <br />It was a time when there were too many firefights to count says U.S. Marine, William Kyle Carpenter.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. MARINE WILLIAM KYLE CARPENTER, SAYING:<br/> <br />"Many times our alarm clock was small arms fire."<br/> <br />Carpenter was was awarded the Medal of Honor Thursday for covering a grenade with his body and saving a comrade's life.<br/> <br />He doesn't remember what happened.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) MARINE WILLIAM KYLE CARPENTER, SAYING:<br/> <br />"My entire body and especially my face got hit really hard -- with say a two by four. My vision -- if you were looking at a TV with no cable, and it was just we white and black static look -- that's what my vision looked like. My eardrums -- both my eardrums were ruptured so I couldn't hear anything. The next feeling I had -- it felt like warm water was being poured all over me from the amount of blood that was coming out of my injur
