Peralta lay when an insurgent tossed a grenade into it. Sgt. Peralta pulled the grenade to him and smothered it with his body. saving the others from death or serious injury. Sgt. Rafael Peralta died for a country he loved. but of which he was not yet a citizen. A Mexican immigrant who lived in San Diego. Sgt. Peralta enlisted in the marines the day he received his green card. "Be proud of being an American." Sgt. Peralta had written to his younger brother in the only letter he ever sent him. While this is only one story. there are hundreds more that should be acknowleged.
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