gOOters May 10, 2004 Share gOOters Member May 10, 2004 http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf...ef/200456162723 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa May 10, 2004 Share Playaa Member May 10, 2004 wow that's wicked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gond May 10, 2004 Share Gond Member May 10, 2004 Wow...what do you have to do to get the Medal of Honor? Take on a whole army? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xterminator May 10, 2004 Share Xterminator Member May 10, 2004 awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gOOters May 10, 2004 Author Share gOOters Member May 10, 2004 Wow...what do you have to do to get the Medal of Honor? Take on a whole army? Thats what I thought! Makes me have a whole new respect for Medal of Honor recipients! (sic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redeyez May 10, 2004 Share redeyez Member May 10, 2004 (edited) Alvin C. York Could you kill 25 baddies, take out 35 machine gun posts and capture 130+ men by yourself? (All in an hour) Edited May 10, 2004 by redeyez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Shertown Pimp May 11, 2004 Share Sir Shertown Pimp Member May 11, 2004 and then you get a major motion picture made after you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NyxErinyes May 11, 2004 Share NyxErinyes Member May 11, 2004 That's nuts... but cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[VI]ROosTEr May 11, 2004 Share [VI]ROosTEr Member May 11, 2004 and then you get a major motion picture made after you He was in the movie too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffe May 11, 2004 Share Jeffe Member May 11, 2004 All i have to say is wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeabos May 11, 2004 Share Zeabos Member May 11, 2004 As posted by longhair in the DOH forums THIS is what you do to get a medal of honor I heard John WIlliams on WGN Radio tell a story of a medal of honor recipient a few days ago, but I missed the name of the soldier, but I managed to find it... here is his story. ======================================================= BENAVIDEZ, ROY P. Rank and Organization: Master Sergeant. Detachment B-56, 5th Special Forces Group, Republic of Vietnam Place and Date: West of Loc Ninh on 2 May 1968 Entered Service at: Houston, Texas June 1955 Date and Place of Birth: 5 August 1935, DeWitt County, Cuero, Texas Citation: Master Sergeant, then Staff Sergeant, United States Army. Who distinguished himself by a series of daring and extremely glorious actions on 2 May 1968 while assigned to Detachment B-56, 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. This area was controlled and routinely patrolled by the North Vietnamese Army. After a short period of time on the ground, the team met heavy enemy resistance and requested emergency extraction. 3 helicopters attempted extraction, but were unable to land due to intense enemy small arms and anti-aircraft fire. Sergeant Benavidez was at the Forward Operating Base in Loc Ninh monitoring the operation by radio when these helicopters returned to off-load wounded crew members and to assess aircraft damage. Sergeant Benavidez voluntarily boarded a returning aircraft to assist in another extraction attempt. Realizing that all the team members were either dead or wounded and unable to move to the pickup zone, he directed the aircraft to a nearby clearing where he jumped from the hovering helicopter, and ran approximately 75 meters under withering small arms fire to the crippled team. Prior to reaching the team's position he was wounded in his right leg, face and head. Despite these painful injuries he took charge, repositioning the team members and directing their fire to facilitate the landing of an extraction aircraft, and the loading of wounded and dead team members. He then threw smoke canisters to direct the aircraft to the team's position. Despite his severe wounds and under intense enemy fire, he carried and dragged half of the wounded team members to the awaiting aircraft. He then provided protective fire by running alongside the aircraft as it moved to pick up the remaining team members. As the enemy's fire intensified, he hurried to recover the body and classified documents on the dead team leader. When he reached the leader's body, Sergeant Benavidez was severely wounded by small arms fire in the abdomen and grenade fragments in his back. At nearly the same moment, the aircraft pilot was mortally wounded, and his helicopter crashed. Although in extremely critical condition due to his multiple wounds, Sergeant Benavidez secured the classified documents and made his way back to the wreckage, where he aided the wounded out of the overturned aircraft, and gathered the stunned survivors into a defensive perimeter. Under increasing enemy automatic weapons and grenade fire, he moved around the perimeter distributing water and ammunition to his weary men, reinstilling in them a will to live and fight. Facing a buildup of enemy opposition with a beleaguered team, Sergeant Benavidez mustered his strength, began calling in tactical air strikes and directed the fire from supporting gun ships to suppress the enemy's fire and so permit another extraction attempt. He was wounded again in his thigh by small arms fire while administering first aid to a wounded team member just before another extraction helicopter was able to land. His indomitable spirit kept him going as he began to ferry his comrades to the craft. On his second trip with the wounded, he was clubbed with additional wounds to his head and arms before killing his adversary. He then continued under devastating fire to carry the wounded to the helicopter. Upon reaching the aircraft, he spotted and killed 2 enemy soldiers who were rushing the craft from an angle that prevented the aircraft door gunner from firing upon them. With little strength remaining, he made one last trip to the perimeter to ensure that all classified material had been collected or destroyed, and to bring in the remaining wounded. Only then, in extremely serious condition from numerous wounds and loss of blood, did he allow himself to be pulled into the extraction aircraft. Sergeant Benavidez' gallant choice to voluntarily join his comrades who were in critical straits, to expose himself constantly to withering enemy fire, and his refusal to be stopped despite numerous severe wounds, saved the lives of at least 8 men. His fearless personal leadership, tenacious devotion to duty, and extremely valorous actions in the face of overwhelming odds were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service, and reflect the utmost credit on him and the United States Army. ====================================================== I also heard that he was so badly wounded that when they off loaded him from the chopper, unconscious, they thought he was dead. He was placed in a body bag instead of being given medical attention.... and just as they were zipping it up (lacking any strength to sit up or say anything) he spit... he spit into the face of the guy zipping up his body bag.... as if to say... HEY YOU FRIGGIN MORON I'M STILL BREATHING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa May 16, 2004 Share Playaa Member May 16, 2004 more info on this marine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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