Well, if he really fell on a grenade(not saying he didn't, just don't know because I haven't read the article yet), then he should get the medal. A large number of winners of the Medal fell on grenades to save lives of their buddies. Read the orders of Medal winners, time after time in WWII, Korea and Viet Nam, Medal winners fell on grenades. Most of them died in doing so, a very small number lived to collect the Medal. Our country is denying this man the Medal, why are they doing so? What is the purpose behind denying it?
We need to know all the particulars before we really raise he** because to win the Medal you have to meet very special criteria.
That said I will now finish reading the article and see if I can find the "Attention to Orders" part of it.
I would think they would tend to believe the eye witness accounts of the people whose asses were saved but at the same time they do have very strict criteria for the Medal. That is why it is set above all other medals.
They didn't do it for racial reasons as this article and his family seem to imply, as there have been other members of the armed forces who were of Mexican(and other races as well) blood receive the medal.
On the other hand it seems to me that if he simply fell on the grenade or is simply rolled under him without him actually pulling it toward him they would not be justified in giving him any medal at all, let alone the second highest medal.
His buddies saw him pull the grenade under him. Sometimes the will to save others transcends injuries. Some men perform miracles before they die, miracles they shouldn't have been able to do.
I do think his family should accept the Cross and keep fighting for the Medal, they disgrace the name of this true patriot when they refuse the Cross. I am sure this man would have taken it and not felt as if he were being cheated. After all, combat isn't a medal contest and he didn't join in order to win medals but to fight for a country he obviously loved.