***Petition for Sgt Rafael Peralta's Medal of Hono

[MightyWarMonger]

Here is the link please sign this if you so feel inclined. I served with this Marine in Iraq and feel that he and his family are being slighted by having his Medal of Honor reduced to a lesser meadal. this is the link to the petition That will explane it in detail.
Give Marine Sgt Rafael Peralta the Medal of Honor Petition

 

[Lenny]

Why is this posted to the Politics forum? Could it be because you're trying to politicize the process for awarding the MOH?

 

[nhboy]

Here's an article on the Sgt.

Heroic act, medal denied – and a debate | csmonitor.com

 

[ImnoMensa]

Here's an article on the Sgt.

Heroic act, medal denied – and a debate | csmonitor.com

Eyewitnesses to a heroic act,second guessed by the technicians in their safe environment.

 

[Lenny]

. . .second guessed by the technicians in their safe environment.

...

...asked five individuals, including a neurosurgeon and two forensic pathologists, to review the Peralta case.

...it looks like Secretary Gates was told Peralta may not have been physically capable of conciously pulling the grenade against his body due to his mortal head wound.

 

[jlfree25]

Eyewitnesses to a heroic act,second guessed by the technicians in their safe environment.

I will sign I had a friend who is a gunner and his humvee was blown up by a ied. After being blown into the air he preceeded to pull everyone to safety and return fire (adrinaline rush). After all threat was gone he passed out. He went through several surgeries for ruptred sleen and brain damage and broken rips.

He never received his medal of honor and has now been called back to Iraq.

 

[MightyWarMonger]

Why is this posted to the Politics forum? Could it be because you're trying to politicize the process for awarding the MOH?

Well I was not sure were the most aproprate place to post it was and I thought this was close to the right forum. At the time I posted this it was late and didn't think to long on the apropriate area I just wanted to post it to help a fellow Marine I served with. Somthing I lerned while I was in Iraq was that no one tries to be a hero they are just trying to survive and help each other.