"Master Sergeant (then Staff Sergeant) Roy P. Benavidez United States Army, who distinguished himself by a series of daring and extremely valorous actions on 2 May 1968 while assigned to Detachment B56, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces, Republic of Vietnam.
On the morning of 2 May 1968, a 12-man Special Forces Reconnaissance Team was inserted by helicopters in a dense jungle area west of Loc Ninh, Vietnam to gather intelligence information about confirmed large-scale enemy activity.
https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/green-berets-heroism-incredible-ronald-reagan-said-hard-believe
ReplyDelete"Upon arriving back at the base, he was declared dead by two doctors. As the second one was zipping up the body bag, Benavidez proved he was alive by spitting in the doctor's face, much like he had been spitting in the face of death for the previous six hours."
Fucking badass.
MSG Benavidez was a legend in SF circles, a really great guy.
ReplyDeleteHere is a Benavidez related story from his daughter....
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dHT4t0a5gj4
Gone but never forgotten!
De Oppresso Liber
That was great, thanks for that
DeleteThe really sad part of this is the short shrift the MSM and Demonrats give to stories such as this one while lionizing the sports kneelers, celebrities and rioters as something other than what they are; people that couldn't carry Sgt Benavidez's jock strap on their best day.
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Had the good fortune of meeting him several times in the early nineties. Good man
ReplyDeleteI first read the tale of Roy Benavidez many years ago and will stand in awe of his actions that day for as long as I live.
ReplyDeletegodspeed
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