Sgt. Rafael Peralta will not receive Medal of Honor for saving lives

The video shows him dropping on the grenade. The medical examiner said he was already dead before it happened. Well, if the examiner is right then this was one miraculous event and he just fell in the right place at the right time. I really doubt it happened that way.

Marine who died in Iraq won't get Medal of Honor
Seattle PI
December 12, 2012

SAN DIEGO (AP) — 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's office said Wednesday.

The Pentagon told Rep. Duncan Hunter it supports the decision of former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who honored Sgt. Rafael Peralta with the Navy Cross instead of the military's highest honor.
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