Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez overcame crippling injuries not once, but twice—first by learning to walk again after being told he never would, ... My daughter will be on Medicaid for life.

Master Sgt. Roy P. Benavidez led a mission to save eight soldiers in Vietnam — and nearly died in the process. Decades later, his daughter recalls a father who believed honor wasn't won, but earned.

Master Sgt. Roy Benavidez, the late Green Beret hero, was ... “He didn’t let anything stop him,” said his daughter Yvette Benavidez Garcia after a Friday ceremony honoring the Texan hero at ...

To his children, Master Sgt. Roy P. Benavidez was a teddy bear. He was a softhearted protector who believed in faith, family ...

More: Memorial at World War II Veterans of Company E Park honors service and sacrifice On May 2, 1968, Benavidez was serving with the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam when a 12-man ...

EL CAMPO - While the public image of Medal of Honor recipient Roy Benavidez is what one might expect of a war hero - the silent, stoic military man - ...

Graphic novel spotlights actions of Medal of Honor recipient who, even in a body bag, refused to die. On May 2, 1968, Benavidez was serving with the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam when a 12 ...

On May 2, 1968, Staff Sergeant Roy P. Benavidez volunteered to come to the rescue of a twelve-man Green Beret patrol overrun by a thousand North Vietnamese infantry. The mission would prove to be ...

Roy Benavidez and Ronald Reagan during the 1981 Medal of Honor ceremony. Courtesy Ronald Reagan Library. As a high school student in the mid-1980s, I became fascinated with the Vietnam War.

Benavidez died Nov. 29, 1998, at the age of 63, from complications related to his wounds. Not often does one find himself in the presences of a true hero. On this day, I did.

Produced by the Association of the U.S. Army, “Medal of Honor: Roy Benavidez” tells the story of the Special Forces staff sergeant who became a Green Beret legend for his heroic actions in ...

To his children, Master Sgt. Roy P. Benavidez was a teddy bear. He was a softhearted protector who believed in faith, family and hurdling obstacles. To the world, he was an Army Green Beret legend ...