Sgt. rafael peralta medal of honor case

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        2. On September 17, , Natonski notified Peralta's family that he would receive the Navy Cross instead of the Medal of Honor.
        3. ; however, he was awarded the country's second highest commendation for bravery for doing precisely that.
        4. Marine Sgt. Rafael Peralta was shot but was still able to pull that grenade into his body and became an incredible hero to four Marines in
        5. On 24 April , San Diego Police Department Chief of Police William Lansdowne posthumously awarded Sgt Rafael Peralta the honorary title of San Diego police.

          6. ; however, he was awarded the country's second highest commendation for bravery for doing precisely that..

          I have bemoaned the fact that so very few Medals of Honor were being awarded to our deserving heroes, both during the peak of our fighting in Iraq and during the entire first seven years of the Afghanistan War.

          While nearly 250 of our troops received the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Vietnam War, only four heroes were so recognized for actions in Iraq during the Bush administration and a single Medal of Honor was awarded for heroism in the Afghanistan War.

          When Army Ranger Sgt.

          1st Class Leroy Arthur Petry receives the Medal of Honor in a ceremony at the White House on July 12, he'll be the fourth soldier to receive that recognition for heroism in the Afghanistan War from President Obama.

          Much criticism has been leveled at the White House and Defense Department for such dearth of recognition for our war heroes and some have even suggested that politics and other factors play a role.

          In a December 2010 Los Angeles Times Op-Ed, David Freed laments such lack of