Title: Roy Benavidez,a true hero Source:
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Poster Comment:
This action happened in Cambodia,not South Viet Nam. Roy was assigned to MACV-SOG's CCS. All the operations were classified as Top Secret and everybody went in wearing sterile clothing with no US insignia or patches,and with no dog tags or ID cards. Our weapons were even sterile,with the serial numbers having been reported as stolen if US weapons,or never logged into the army system if foreign. Not that this makes any difference in this case because Roy went in armed with only a Bowie Knife. I know there has been a lot of talk about John McCain being a hero. Here is a REAL hero.
I served with one MOH winner during my peace time service in Germany. He was our Bn S-3 and our COL/0-6 Brigade Cdr didn't like him. The MOH winner sported a mustache and that might have been one reason. I don't know. I was just a butter bar.
His name was Sprayberry.
I remember Benavidez being awarded the MOH by Reagan.
I served with one MOH winner during my peace time service in Germany. He was our Bn S-3 and our COL/0-6 Brigade Cdr didn't like him.
It didn't matter if the Col liked him or not. All he could do was write him a positive OER,and that was it. MoH holders have the ultimate "get out of jail free" card" while in the military. He could have taken a dump on the Colonels desk if he wanted.
He could have taken a dump on the Colonels desk if he wanted.
The Colonel was a real demanding boss a.k.a. asshole. I remember after church on Sundays he's ride around our installation and if he saw anything amiss - usually grass that wasn't mowed properly he'd call the Bn Cdr who would call the Cmd Sgt Major and so on - on Sunday.
He made one-star, somehow divorced his wife of thirty years and then retired. He died within a year of retiring IIRC. I just looked up his name - Ronald W. Zeltman.
Peace time Army B.S.
I'm sure you've heard the saying - War is hell, but peacetime is a motherfucker...
I never saw combat and for that I thank my lucky stars.
