Roy Perez Benavidez ... to die On May 2, 1968, Benavidez was serving with the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam when a 12-man reconnaissance team was inserted by helicopter along the Ho Chi ...

He carried soldiers to rescue helicopters. He secured classified materials from the team leader who died. Benavidez almost died too. It took more than a year for him to recover. His story has become ...

Roy P. Benavidez was a teddy ... the soldiers were outnumbered 100 to 1. Benavidez volunteered to help rescue the men. He jumped out of a helicopter. He was hit by gunfire and hand grenade ...