The Stars & Stripes has an interview with SFC Leroy Petry who was recently recognized with the Medal of Honor:

Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry had thought a lot about what he would do if an enemy grenade landed next to him during a firefight.

If he was inside, he’d dive on top of it, figuring that would be the only way to save others nearby. If he was outdoors, he’d try to toss it away from others, figuring the long fuse might allow him enough time to save himself, too.

Saving only himself was never an option.

“You’d hear stories of guys jumping on grenades,” Petry said in an interview with Stars and Stripes this week. “I thought about it and I said that if there was any time you could visually see a grenade, you should have time to react to it … kick it, throw it, do what you can.”

So when a live grenade landed between him and two teammates during a firefight in Afghanistan three years ago, Petry didn’t hesitate. He grabbed the grenade, turned and tried to throw it.

“It was just pure instinct,” he said. “And it was the right thing to do.”

The weapon exploded as he threw it, severing his right hand but ultimately saving the lives of two of his men. On Tuesday, the 31-year-old Army Ranger became only the second living recipient of the Medal of Honor for the war in Afghanistan, an honor he calls humbling but his fellow soldiers call fitting for his heroism.  [Stars & Stripes]

Read the rest at the link, but I guess we will see if the President can remember his name.