Sergeant Rafael Peralta, USMC gave his life for our Nation and freedom. He gave his life by shielding his comrades from the blast of a grenade with his own body. Four other Marines have testified to that.
He is being awarded the Navy Cross, the Naval Services' second highest award for bravery.
What's wrong with this picture? Their Finest Hour has brought forth the stories here, here (here too), here, here, here, and here of American servicemen who, with complete disregard for their own survival, have absorbed the blast of grenades at the cost of their lives to protect their brothers in arms. The common denominator of all of them? They all were awarded the Medal of Honor.
Sergeant Peralta's previous status as an illegal immigrant is meaningless. Unless it can be conclusively proved that the grenade just happened to land under an incapacitated or already dead Marine (doesn't sound like it, based on the witnesses) then this brave, selfless, and fallen Marine deserves the Medal of Honor.
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