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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: fightingquaker13 on November 27, 2012, 05:48:34 AM
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God bless you Sarge, and I wish there ten thousand more just like you. :o
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He got quite a bit of recognition well before his death.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Benavidez#Awards.2C_honors.2C_and_recognitions
Awards, honors, and recognitions
Military decorations
Among Benavidez's decorations and medals were the following:
Medal of Honor ribbon.svg Medal of Honor
Distinguished Service Cross ribbon.svg Distinguished Service Cross (superseded by award of the Medal of Honor)[3]
Purple Heart BAR.svg Purple Heart with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters
Army Good Conduct ribbon.svg Army Good Conduct Medal (7 awards)
Army of Occupation ribbon.svg Army of Occupation Medal
National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg National Defense Service Medal
AFEMRib.svg Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Vietnam Service Ribbon.svg Vietnam Service Medal with 4 campaign stars
Vietnam Campaign Medal ribbon.png Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam gallantry cross-w-palm-3d.svg Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm
Txlmoh.jpg Texas Legislative Medal of Honor
Presidential Unit Citation ribbon.svg Presidential Unit Citation
Combat Infantry Badge.svg Combat Infantryman Badge
US Army Airborne master parachutist badge.gif Master Parachutist badge 2001, Studies and Observations Group
SpecForces.gif Army Special Forces Tab
Honors and recognitions
Roy P. Benavidez Elementary School in Gulfton, Houston, Texas
The Texas National Guard armory in El Campo
USNS Benavidez
1981 Texan of the Year
Honorary Associate in Arts from the New Mexico Military Institute
Presented Martha Raye with the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Special USPS Pictorial Cancellation Stamp
Lifetime Achievement Award from St. Mary's University Alumni Law School in San Antonio, Texas
Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial in Indianapolis, Indiana
The Medal of Honor Memorial at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California
Texas Legislative Medal of Honor
GI Joe, Roy P. Benavidez Commemorative Edition – Released August 31, 2001 (First Hispanic to be honored.)
Memorial Bench at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
There are a number of institutions and buildings that bear Benavidez's name. These include:
Roy P. Benavidez American Legion Post #400 in San Antonio, Texas
Roy P. Benavidez Army Reserve Center, NAS Corpus Christi, Texas
Roy P. Benavidez Artillery Training Area 67 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Roy P. Benavidez City Park in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Roy P. Benavidez Elementary School in Gulfton, Houston, Texas
Roy P. Benavidez Elementary School in San Antonio, Texas
Roy P. Benavidez Foundation, Inc.
Roy P. Benavidez Military Range at Fort Knox, Kentucky
Roy P. Benavidez National Guard Armory in El Campo, Texas
Roy P. Benavidez Scholarship Fund in El Campo
Roy P. Benavidez Special Operations Logistic Complex at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
USNS Benavidez, a Bob Hope-class roll on roll off vehicle cargo ship
The conference Room owned and operated by the Department of Military Instruction of the United States Military Academy is the "Benavidez Room". Inside the "Benavidez Room" there are signed pictures of MSG Benavidez, the citation from his Medal of Honor, and a G.I. Joe toy created in his likeness. The room is used primarily for planning Cadet Summer Military Training and hosting visitors.
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De Oppresso Liber
Nothing calms the wounded soldier more than hearing "MEDIC UP!" So others may live
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Saw a segment on him on a Medal of Honor show on the Military Channel once......splendid behavior....gives a whole new meaning to the term 'die hard'..
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I can't even comprehend the size of the cojones it would take to do what he did. That's like trying to comprehend the size of the universe.
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boy he sort of makes one feel inadequate!
Respect!