The Three Wars of Roy P. Benavidez - Couverture souple

Benavidez, Roy P.; Griffin Jr., Oscar O'Neal

 
9798990193802: The Three Wars of Roy P. Benavidez
Couverture souple
ISBN 13 : 9798990193802
Editeur : Yvette Benavidez Garcia, 2024

Synopsis

This is the story of Master Sergeant Roy P. Benavidez, Medal of Honor Recipient. Roy lived through discriminating times before, during and after the Vietnam war. He lived a life of poverty, prejudice and warfare. If you've never been to war, this book will make you grateful. If you have, it will make you proud.
"If the story of his heroism were a movie script, you would not believe it." - President Ronald Reagan

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À propos des auteurs

Roy. P. Benavidez, served twenty-four years in the U.S. Army. He was a member of the 82nd Airborne and 5th Special Forces Group, as well as the Studies and Observations Group (SOG). Roy served two tours in Vietnam. On February 24, 1981, Roy was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions that took place in Cambodia on May 2, 1968. Later in life, Roy became one of America's most popular motivational speakers and youth role models. For 17 years he traveled throughout the country speaking to Fortune 500 companies, schools, prison inmates, and civic and military organizations. Roy and his wife Lala, have three children and eight grandchildren. He passed away on November 29, 1998, at the age of 63 and is buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas.

Oscar O'Neal Griffin, Jr., was a U.S. Army Veteran, a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, former Editor of the Pecos Independent and Enterprise, and a former Houston Chronicle White House Correspondent. In 1963 he won the Pulitzer Prize in local reporting for exposing the Billie Sol Estes scandal during the Lyndon B. Johnson administration. Oscar also served as Assistant Director of Public Affairs for the U.S. Department of Transportation from 1969-1973. In 1974, Oscar and his wife Patricia settled in El Campo, Texas, to run his father's oil company and raise their four children. He died on November 23, 2011, at the age of 78.

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Éditeur
Yvette Benavidez Garcia
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 13 
9798990193802
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
366
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