{"id":1742,"date":"2017-07-31T05:50:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T05:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1742"},"modified":"2025-09-29T18:09:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T18:09:53","slug":"navy-names-destroyer-rafael-peralta-after-mexican-american-marine-who-sacrificed-himself-for-his-uni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1742","title":{"rendered":"Navy names destroyer &#8220;Rafael Peralta&#8221; &#8211; after Mexican-American marine who sacrificed himself for his unit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e201b8d29b3c8a970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d834525a2f69e201b8d29b3c8a970c img-responsive\" style=\"width: 205px;\" title=\"Rafael peralta\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e201b8d29b3c8a970c-250wi\" alt=\"Rafael peralta\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interesting story. Seems to be some controversy. <a href=\"http:\/\/foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com\/the-complicated-death-of-the-marine-behind-the-u-s-nav-1797324858\">The Complicated Death Of The Marine Behind The U.S. Navy&#8217;s Newest Destroyer<\/a> . Video below and here&#8217;s Sgt. Peralta&#8217;s wiki &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rafael_Peralta\">Rafael Peralta.<\/a> They are stil trying to get his posthumous medal raised from the Navy Cross to the Medal of Honor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IFU8y0AtIoA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting story. Seems to be some controversy. The Complicated Death Of The Marine Behind The U.S. Navy&#8217;s Newest Destroyer . Video below and here&#8217;s Sgt. Peralta&#8217;s wiki &#8211; Rafael Peralta. They are stil trying to get his posthumous medal raised from the Navy Cross to the Medal of Honor. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7868,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742\/revisions\/7868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}