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In a week the anniversary of the battle where a hero's actions saved many will pass.
For some who may not know of him this man was a true hero and someone to be whose service was of the highest honor.
Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez
He stepped on a land mine during a patrol in Vietnam and was evacuated to the United States, where doctors at Fort Sam Houston concluded he would never walk again and began preparing his medical discharge Instead of accepting this he began an “unsanctioned nightly training ritual in an attempt to redevelop his ability to walk”, much of the time in tears due to the extreme pain. After over a year of hospitalization, Benavidez walked out of the hospital in July 1966.
He returned to Vietnam in 1968 where he became embroiled in a battle after he heard his team was surrounded with enemy forces, he came to their aid equipped only with a medical bag and a knife. While fighting at some points he was forced to hold his own intestines in his hands.
He was believed dead after being evacuated with 37 separate bayonet, bullet and shrapnel wounds inflicted on his body and was being zipped up in a body bag when he mustered the last of his strength and spit in the face of a medic, thereby alerting nearby medical personnel that he was still alive.
He saved the lives of at least 8 men. Medal of Honor Citation for Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez :
MOH Citation for Roy P. Benavidez
Godspeed MSG Benavidez
For some who may not know of him this man was a true hero and someone to be whose service was of the highest honor.
Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez
He stepped on a land mine during a patrol in Vietnam and was evacuated to the United States, where doctors at Fort Sam Houston concluded he would never walk again and began preparing his medical discharge Instead of accepting this he began an “unsanctioned nightly training ritual in an attempt to redevelop his ability to walk”, much of the time in tears due to the extreme pain. After over a year of hospitalization, Benavidez walked out of the hospital in July 1966.
He returned to Vietnam in 1968 where he became embroiled in a battle after he heard his team was surrounded with enemy forces, he came to their aid equipped only with a medical bag and a knife. While fighting at some points he was forced to hold his own intestines in his hands.
He was believed dead after being evacuated with 37 separate bayonet, bullet and shrapnel wounds inflicted on his body and was being zipped up in a body bag when he mustered the last of his strength and spit in the face of a medic, thereby alerting nearby medical personnel that he was still alive.
He saved the lives of at least 8 men. Medal of Honor Citation for Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez :
BENAVIDEZ, ROY P.
Rank and organization: Master Sergeant. Organization: Detachment B-56, 5th Special Forces Group, Republic of Vietnam
Place and date: West of Loc Ninh on May 2, 1968
Entered service at: Houston, Texas June 1955
Born: August 5, 1935, DeWitt County, Cuero, Texas.
Citation:
Rank and organization: Master Sergeant. Organization: Detachment B-56, 5th Special Forces Group, Republic of Vietnam
Place and date: West of Loc Ninh on May 2, 1968
Entered service at: Houston, Texas June 1955
Born: August 5, 1935, DeWitt County, Cuero, Texas.
Citation:
MOH Citation for Roy P. Benavidez
Godspeed MSG Benavidez
