{"id":37740,"date":"2013-09-26T20:00:26","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T00:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=37740"},"modified":"2013-09-26T19:42:10","modified_gmt":"2013-09-26T23:42:10","slug":"uss-rafael-peralta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=37740","title":{"rendered":"USS Rafael Peralta"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Honolulu Star Advertiser<\/a> reports that the Navy has named it’s newest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer after SGT Rafael Peralta, the hero of Falluja who shielded his Marines with his own body when an enemy tossed a grenade at them. Peralta had been wounded moments before the incident. He had been recommended for the Medal of Honor but doubts about witness statements resulted in the Medal being downgraded to a Navy Cross; <\/p>\n

Peralta’s mother Rose and younger brother, Lance Cpl. Ricardo Peralta, attended the ceremony last week in San Diego.<\/p>\n

“It’s really emotional for the family because his nomination for the Medal of Honor has now been turned down more than once,” Peralta said in a Department of Defense article. “But we know that there’s not a single decoration or medal that they can give him that will make us more proud. We’re proud to the fullest.”<\/p>\n

The family is still seeking to have Peralta receive the Medal of Honor.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Peralta’s brother, Ricardo is keeping a promise that he made to Rafael at the wake to be a Marine infantryman;<\/p>\n

“In boot camp, there are classes where his Navy Cross citation is read, so every Marine hears about him,” Peralta said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports that the Navy has named it’s newest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer after … USS Rafael Peralta<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[184,119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marine-corps","category-navy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37740\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}