 Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward C. Byers Jr. recently received the Medal of Honor for his heroic acts in combat three years ago. Here's his recount of what happened that fateful night. The mission that night was a hostage rescue mission. Our point man, Nick Check, he saw a guard come out of the door and he engaged that guard and we started sprinting towards the door. And I engaged one of the enemy that was on the backside of the wall and it was at that time that I engaged the person I was on top of and jumped off the guy I was on and on to the American hostage. And the reason I did that is because I'm wearing body armor so I want to protect him from any other potential threats in the room. When I did that, there was a guy who was right behind him with about within arms reach. He was armed and I was able to pin that guy to the wall by his throat waiting for my teammates to come in and take care of that threat that was right next to us.