2020年2月24日 · USNS Benavidez (T-AKR-306) proudly bears the name of U.S. Army Master Sergeant Raul (Roy) Perez Benavidez, who received the Medal of Honor for a series of daring and extremely valorous actions during the Vietnam War in 1968. Benavidez was born on 5 August 1935, in Lindenau, Texas. He enlisted in the Texas Army National Guard in 1952 during the Korean War and in June 1955 transitioned to active ...

Named in honor of Master Sergeant Raul (Roy) Perez Benavidez who was an American combat soldier during the Vietnam War. He was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1981 for his actions near Loc Ninh, South Vietnam on 2 May 1968. Raul (Roy) Perez Benavidez was born on 5August 1935 in Lindenau, Tx. He enlisted in the Texas Army National Guard in 1952 during the Korean War and in June 1955 transitioned ...

2021年8月10日 · The ship proudly bears the name of U.S. Army Master Sgt. Raul (Roy) Perez Benavidez, who received the Medal of Honor for a series of daring and extremely valorous actions during the Vietnam War. On the morning of May 2, 1968, a 12-man Special Forces reconnaissance team met heavy enemy resistance and requested emergency extraction.

As of December 2021, approximately 67,000 active and Reserve Sailors of Hispanic heritage serve in the U.S. Navy contributing to the strength of the nation’s force. Hispanic Americans’ military service dates back to the Civil War. The tradition of observing Hispanic heritage began in 1968, when President Lyndon B. Johnson designated a week in mid-September as National Hispanic Heritage ...

Congressional Research Service Report for Congress Julissa Gomez-Granger Information Research Specialist Anne Leland Information Research Specialist 15 June 2010 Congressional Research Service 7-5700 www.crs.gov RS21282 Summary Table of Contents Summary This guide provides information on locating military unit histories and individual service records of discharged, retired, and deceased ...

2015年9月15日 · Army Master Sgt. Roy Benavidez is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his remarkable feats of valor in the Vietnam War. During the presentation, the president remarked, “If the story of his heroism were a movie script, you would not believe it.”

2020年3月3日 · Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Gonzalez (DDG-66) proudly bears the name of U.S. Marine Sergeant Alfredo Gonzalez, who received the Medal of Honor posthumously for extraordinary heroism during the Vietnam War in February 1968. Gonzalez was born 23 May 1946 in Edinburg, Texas. He graduated from Edinburg High School and shortly after enlisted in the Marine Corps on 6 July 1965. After he ...

The 1990s ushered in a new world order, with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the collapse of the Soviet Union seemingly imminent. By the end of 1991, the United States was the sole global power. This seismic shift challenged the U.S. armed forces as they were frequently called on to address regional conflicts and disasters. Often, the United States struggled to …

The Spanish-American War was preceded by three years of intense fighting by Cuban revolutionaries who sought to gain independence from Spanish colonial rule. From 1895–98, the conflict in Cuba captured the attention of the American public mostly because of the economic and political instability within close geographical proximity to …

On 18 June 1812, the United States formally declared war on Great Britain due to that nation’s continued attempts to restrict trade on the high seas, the Royal Navy’s impressment of American seamen, and the United States’ desire to expand territory. During the War of 1812, fighting on land and at sea took place in several theaters of operations to include the Old Northwest (Ohio ...