President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Honor to former Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Pitts, at the White House, Washington, D.C., July 21, 2014. Pitts, of New Hampshire, received the nation's highest military honor for his actions in 2008 in Wanat, Afghanistan, with 2nd Platoon, Chosen Company, 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade. (Army News Service photo by Lisa Ferdinando) Video of Ryan Pitts Medal of Honor Ceremony |