BluesLegend
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- Sep 7, 2014
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(channeling Lee Ermey) AHHHHHHHHHH THAT's a war hero
Roy Benavidez, a sergeant in the US Army Special Forces flew in on a helicopter to save men in his squad who were outnumbered....
...the helicopter couldn't land because of the intense small arms fire, so he jumped from a hovering helicopter 30 to 50 feet.
...he then had to run 75 meters to reach is squad, he was shot in the leg, face, and head on the way.
...when he got there he started saving members of his squad, while doing so got shot in the gut and took a grenade to the back
...still on his feet after all this he found the helicopter he jumped from had crashed so he went and rescued the wounded pilot, called in air strikes and another rescue helicopter
...he was shot in the thigh a couple more times
...on his way to the back up rescue helicopter he was beaten and stabbed by an enemy who he then killed in hand to hand combat.
...when he arrived back at the base he was pronounced dead and placed in a body bag. As they were zipping up the body bag he had only the strength to spit to let them know he was alive.
...he was awarded the Medal of Honor
Roy Benavidez, a sergeant in the US Army Special Forces flew in on a helicopter to save men in his squad who were outnumbered....
...the helicopter couldn't land because of the intense small arms fire, so he jumped from a hovering helicopter 30 to 50 feet.
...he then had to run 75 meters to reach is squad, he was shot in the leg, face, and head on the way.
...when he got there he started saving members of his squad, while doing so got shot in the gut and took a grenade to the back
...still on his feet after all this he found the helicopter he jumped from had crashed so he went and rescued the wounded pilot, called in air strikes and another rescue helicopter
...he was shot in the thigh a couple more times
...on his way to the back up rescue helicopter he was beaten and stabbed by an enemy who he then killed in hand to hand combat.
...when he arrived back at the base he was pronounced dead and placed in a body bag. As they were zipping up the body bag he had only the strength to spit to let them know he was alive.
...he was awarded the Medal of Honor