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American Profiles of Valor / Mark Alexander / December 5, 2025

Profiles of Valor: SSgt William Pitsenbarger (USAF)

“There was only one man on the ground that day that would have turned down a ride out of that hellhole — and that man was Pitsenbarger.”

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Profiles of Valor: LCpl Kyle Carpenter (USMC) — March 10, 2014
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2014 SOTU: The MO BO Show — January 29, 2014
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