He identified closely with his childhood idol, Audie Murphy ... well to recognize that in the lives of heroic Americans like Roy Benavidez we should all be able find something to celebrate.

Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez overcame crippling injuries not once, but twice—first by learning to walk again after being told he never would, then by returning to combat and saving an entire patrol ...

Roy Perez Benavidez received the Congressional Medal ... Stationed in Germany, he wrote letters to his childhood sweetheart, Hilaria “Lala” Coy. On June 7, 1959, he married her with the ...

Roy P. Benavidez was a teddy bear ... gunfire and hand grenade shrapnel as he ran to the soldiers, according to a biography from the National Museum of the United States Army.

Yvette Benavidez cries as her family unveils the Medal of Honor of her father, Sgt. Roy Benavidez, at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif., on Feb. 4, 2011. On May 2, 1968 ...

A new book detailing the life of Army Master Sgt. Roy Perez Benavidez examines the complicated legacy of a man who could trace his ancestry back to Texas before it was a state and who faced ...

Master Sgt. Roy Benavidez has long been a legend in the Special Forces community and now you can read about the Medal of Honor recipient’s bravery in a new graphic novel published by the ...

Consider the trajectory of two men in uniform, a century apart. Roy Benavidez, a Green Beret already shot in the face and ripped apart by grenade shrapnel, watched the helicopter full of the ...

Roy P. Benavidez, a Vietnam Medal of Honor recipient, was honored by the State of Texas, Saturday, March 23, 2019. Sponsored by Benavidez's adopted home town of El Campo, Texas, a section of State ...

A new book examines how Master Sgt. Roy Benavidez overcame racial challenges and became a decorated soldier and advocate for veterans. (Army) A new book detailing the life of Army Master Sgt.