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A True American Hero

clinteasterlingclinteasterling Member Posts: 549 ✭✭✭
edited January 2012 in General Discussion
My former 1SG posted this today on his FB page. It is the speach where MSG Roy Benavidez recieve MOH. I watched the whole 25 min vid. and MSG Roy Benavidez is a true display of what it means to be a Hero. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oUtJxE4sjs
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  • dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000 ✭
    edited November -1
    Amen! Master Sergent Roy Benavidez, I salute you!


    Roy Benavidez died on November 29, 1998, at the age of 63 at Brooke Army Medical Center, having suffered respiratory failure and complications of diabetes.[5] His body was escorted to St. Robert Belleramine's Catholic Church, where he had married, where his three children were married, where he worshipped every Sunday. He was then returned to Fort Sam Houston's Main Chapel for a public viewing. Archbishop Patrick Flores of the San Antonio Dioceses presided over a Catholic funeral mass at San Fernando Cathedral located in San Antonio.

    Benavidez was buried with full military honors at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.
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  • CSI21CSI21 Member Posts: 1,206 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes he was a legend, whats really neat is that he didnt fit into the mold that some thing soldiers should fit into, he was short and chubby, and still could do whatever he needed to do. Any man that jumps into a firefight with a knife and an aid bag, has grande juevos!
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  • Night StalkerNight Stalker Member Posts: 11,967
    edited November -1
    I met him once at Fort Huachuca back in the 1990's.

    What a great man.

    NS
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  • wpagewpage Member Posts: 10,201 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Congressional medal of honor...

    Better than congress could offer.

    God bless our soldiers! All heroes...
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