Listen to a Green Beret tell the story of his Medal Of Honor

Orvelin Valle
Mar 31, 2018 2:43 AM PDT
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We’ve written about Master Sgt. Raul “Roy” P. Benavidez’s before, but hearing him recount the events that earned him the Meda…

We've written about Master Sgt. Raul "Roy" P. Benavidez's before, but hearing him recount the events that earned him the Medal Of Honor before a class of Army officers is incredibly moving.


Also read: This Green Beret's heroism was so incredible that Ronald Reagan said it was hard to believe

He joined the military to escape a bad situation, and the rest is like something out of a Hollywood script. Benavidez walked into certain death when he volunteered to assist with the emergency extraction of a 12-man special forces team caught under extreme fire behind enemy lines.

Benavidez would serve 13 years before receiving the Medal Of Honor. When asked if he'd do it again, he said, "There would never be enough paper to print the money nor enough gold in Fort Knox for me to have, to keep me from doing what I did."

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