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Marine Corps Sgt Rafael Peralta

Update In Flap Over Military Award For Fallen Marine

AP | Posted 02.11.2013 | Politics
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SAN DIEGO — The secretary of defense has denied a request to upgrade a fallen Marine's Navy Cross to the Medal of Honor, a San Diego congressman...

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Medal of Honor for a Black World War I Hero?

Dorian de Wind | Posted 09.12.2011 | Impact
Read More: Henry Lincoln Johnson, Iraq War, 369th Infantry Regiment, Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry, World War I, Marine Corps Sgt. Rafael Peralta, Medal of Honor, Sen. Charles Schumer, General John J. Pershing, Harlem Blackcats, Afghanistan War, Impact News
Dorian de Wind

"After a 93-year quest," Johnson's supporters believe they have finally built an "ironclad case" to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Sgt. Henry Johnson, an African-American hero who "fought with uncommon bravery in World War I."

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Two Medals of Honor -- Both Deserved, One Denied

Dorian de Wind | Posted 08.15.2011 | Politics
Read More: U.S. Navy, Iraq War, Bush Administration, Marine Corps Sgt. Rafael Peralta, Medal of Honor, Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Arthur Petry, Marine Corps, U.S. Army, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Dorian de Wind

Sgt. Rafael Peralta was recommended for the Medal of Honor by the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Instead he received the Navy Cross. There has been a huge outcry at this injustice.

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