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Medal of Honor ...
The game is nothing. THIS defines Medal of Honor:Sgt. Raphael Peralta, 25, has already been posthumously awarded the Purple Heart for actions in Fallujah, where he threw himself onto a grenade to save the lives of fellow Marines, according to The Army Times. Peralta regularly volunteered for assault teams that were more dangerous than his assignment would have been otherwise. On the day that he died, Peralta was acting as part of a team that entered a suspected safe house in northern Fallujah. Friends of Peralta's say he should be remembered as nothing less than a hero. "There is no other description that I can give about him, other than to say he always gave his best," one Marine said. "To us Marines, the honor, courage and commitment that we give out there -- that he gave out there -- is what makes us keep going." "We call football players heroes, we call soccer players heroes," said Moreno Ruiz. "They're not real heroes. The real heroes are men like him; men who are lying 6 feet under for their country."
Posted by: Edward Yee 2004-12-17 |
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