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SACRIFICE Troop cradled grenade to save others
Los Angeles Times ^
| 12-7-2004
| TONY PERRY and RICHARD MORRIS
Posted on 12/12/2004 9:21:00 PM PST by cfhBAMA
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posted on
12/12/2004 9:21:01 PM PST
by
cfhBAMA
To: cfhBAMA
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posted on
12/12/2004 9:23:11 PM PST
by
MikefromOhio
(27 days until I can leave Iraq for good....)
To: cfhBAMA
It's one thing to get hit while in the heat of battle...its another to pull death to your body to save others from it...a true hero.
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posted on
12/12/2004 9:27:19 PM PST
by
Rennes Templar
("The future ain't what it used to be".........Yogi Berra)
To: cfhBAMA
"Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friend."
Mike is right. This is MOH courage.
Viet Vet
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posted on
12/12/2004 9:27:51 PM PST
by
VietVet
(I am old enough to know who I am and what I believe, and I 'm not inclined to apologize for any of)
To: jveritas
Peralta, 25, an immigrant from Mexico who enlisted the day he got his green-card work permit... Based on what the FR Buchanan Brigades say, this can't be true as no one good comes from Mexico.
Of course the truth is Peralta was more of an American than many of those who are born in the United States.
To: cfhBAMA
Amazing story of bravery and human goodness. God bless him and God watch over his family. Thanks for sharing his incredible story.
To: MikeinIraq; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Another hero fallen, worthy of accolades....
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posted on
12/12/2004 9:36:24 PM PST
by
MikefromOhio
(27 days until I can leave Iraq for good....)
To: VietVet; MikeinIraq
To: MikeinIraq
Can anyone gleem from this story if his family lives in Los Angeles or San Diego?
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posted on
12/12/2004 9:38:49 PM PST
by
Hildy
( The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue)
To: Hildy
I would probably say San Diego....
but that could also be where he was deployed from and not actually where he lived....
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posted on
12/12/2004 9:40:05 PM PST
by
MikefromOhio
(27 days until I can leave Iraq for good....)
To: Hildy
In a modest home in a blue-collar neighborhood here, the Peralta family feels pride but also grief, anger and confusion.
Right after I posted the previous, I found this line....its San Diego....
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posted on
12/12/2004 9:40:48 PM PST
by
MikefromOhio
(27 days until I can leave Iraq for good....)
To: COEXERJ145
Of course the truth is Peralta was more of an American than many of those who are born in the United States. Without question.
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posted on
12/12/2004 9:40:54 PM PST
by
Cold Heat
(What are fears but voices awry?Whispering harm where harm is not and deluding the unwary. Wordsworth)
To: cfhBAMA
God bless this man...how he cared for his brothers.
To: cfhBAMA; armyman; Arrowhead1952; darkwing104; txradioguy; Long Cut; Jet Jaguar; SFC Chromey; ...
“Tell your kids, your grandkids, what Sgt. Peralta did for you and other Marines today.”
Tell the story of Sgt. Peralta!
To: COEXERJ145
Of course the truth is Peralta was more of an American than many of those who are born in the United States. Amen!
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posted on
12/12/2004 9:45:08 PM PST
by
dpa5923
(Small minds talk about people, normal minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas.)
To: cfhBAMA
"reached out and grabbed a grenade hurled by an insurgent"
*****TERROIST*****
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posted on
12/12/2004 9:45:18 PM PST
by
cfhBAMA
(Alabama Republican Party)
To: cfhBAMA
To the government:
Give him his Medal of Honor. Now.
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posted on
12/12/2004 9:46:41 PM PST
by
Romish_Papist
(USAF Security Forces (1994-2003) Soon to be ANG.)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
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posted on
12/12/2004 9:47:18 PM PST
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
The supreme sacrifice, I wonder how many of us could make that choice in a split second?
If it were for our own children it wouldn't be hard.
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posted on
12/12/2004 9:49:18 PM PST
by
potlatch
(Always remember you're unique. Just like everyone else.)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; cfhBAMA
“Tell your kids, your grandkids, what Sgt. Peralta did for you and other Marines today.”
Tell the story of Sgt. Peralta!
cfhBAMA, thanks for posting.
Tonk, thanks for the ping.
Just amazing. "No greater love..."
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posted on
12/12/2004 9:53:06 PM PST
by
uncleshag
(Send the Light - Merry Christmas!)
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