{"id":3104,"date":"2012-06-13T10:00:33","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T10:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/?p=3104"},"modified":"2012-06-07T23:26:53","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T23:26:53","slug":"marine-sgt-christopher-farias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/americainuniform\/2012\/06\/marine-sgt-christopher-farias.html","title":{"rendered":"Marine Sgt. Christopher Farias"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2012\/06\/farias-200x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3202\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2012\/06\/farias-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Military Heroes &#8211; U. S. Marine Corps<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Sgt. Christopher Farias<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Marine from La Porte, [Texas], told KTRK that he promised his fellow Marines he would get them home.\u00a0 During an attack in Afghanistan, he heard his friend scream, and after nearly dying himself, he fought back against the enemy and led his fellow soldiers out of danger.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chron.com\/newswatch\/2012\/05\/local-marine-receives-us-navys-highest-honor\/\"><strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a> for the video and story.<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of The Houston Chronicle <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/blogs\/\"><strong>chron.com<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Military Heroes &#8211; U. S. Marine Corps Sgt. 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