Talk:Roy Benavidez

message: I made a small correction to the page. It said that Reagan awarded him the Medal of Honor, which is incorrect. Only Congress can award that medal (hence why some call it the congressional Medal of Honor). Reagan merely presented it. XAlpha 18:19, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
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message: I had an old Medal of Honor book detailing actions through the Vietnam War and I remember MSgt Benavidez in particular. The book detailed that after he was flown back to the Fire Base he was so badly injured that he was left for dead. After all the wounded had been off-loaded and they were clearing out the dead bodies, an orderly bent over Benavidez's body and Benavidez had to spit blood in the orderly's face to get him to notice that Benavidez was still alive. While this is not part of the citation, it reinforces the nature and severity of his wounds. If anyone knows the name of the book I am referring to, I would love if it could be included here so I can add this story with the book as a source. Much thanks. NeoFreak 01:54, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, if wanting to include the additional detail of this hero nearly being placed in a body bag while still alive, the following was published December 4, 1998, in an New York Times article titled, "Roy P. Benavidez, Recipient Of Medal of Honor, Dies at 63" by Richard Goldstein: "When he arrived at Loc Ninh, Sergeant Benavidez was unable to move or speak. Just as he was about to be placed into a body bag, he spit into a doctor's face to signal that he was still alive and was evacuated for surgery in Saigon.". 98.85.0.218 (talk) 00:39, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Upon return to the Fire Base

message: Have a look at this article, it may be of reference for NeoFreak, it has a small part about spitting on the orderly's face. http://www.mishalov.com/Benavidez.html Lawnmowers Rock! 11:26, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: List of different articles about Benavidez

message: Sometimes the term is misused but not in this case Jim Sweeney (talk) 06:23, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure if the term "hero" has any real meaning in war, but Benavidez was more like Captain America. Or maybe some kind of an unstoppable human juggernaut. The number of wounds...the number of men he personally dragged to safety...his total refusal to accept defeat at any point despite being completely alone against an entire battalion of Vietcong. And to survive all that, and then summon up the energy at the last minute to spit in the medic's face as the bodybag's getting zipped over his face... like Reagan said, if it was a comic book story you'd never believe it was true. Like he just flipped a switch and became a fearless, immortal Terminator until the whole squad was rescued.
I've read lots of Medal of Honor citations, and there's maybe 5 that make me say "Wow, that was a truly inhuman act of bravery. That right there is one of the toughest men ever to live." Another good one is Daniel Inouye's if you've never read it. Bravo Foxtrot (talk) 02:37, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

text: This patriot needs his own movie or documentary... Big Boss and Rambo got nothing on him! --Samantha Ireland (talk) 23:17, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Hero

message: One page roport 107.115.165.1 (talk) 00:36, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
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