Here's another great "Someone You Should Know" episode from Pundit Review. Take a few minutes and listen about the sacrificial bravery of Raphael Peralta, who died almost four years ago in Iraq.
Peralta has been nominated for the Medal of Honor, but the government has taken almost four years and has not yet come to a decision. During World War 2, such medals could be awarded within weeks or months of the action, after careful investigation. Peralta's act of smothering a grenade with his body was known within days so what's the problem? Smothering a grenade ought to be an open and shut case, so why should four years go by?
There are others waiting for such recognition, but the military bureaucracy can give the impression that they don't like to promote heroic actions and stories of valor. Surely that can't be true.
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Previous posts about Peralta and the Medal of Honor:
a Touching Documentary
the Issue of Not Being Issued
No Greater Love
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