A new book detailing the life of Army Master Sgt. Roy Perez Benavidez examines the complicated legacy of a man who could trace his ancestry back to Texas before it was a state and who faced ...
To his children, Master Sgt. Roy P. Benavidez was a teddy bear. He was a softhearted protector who believed in faith, family and hurdling obstacles. To the world, he was an Army Green Beret legend who ...
Master Sgt. Roy Perez Benavidez received the Congressional Medal of Honor on Feb. 24, 1981, from President Ronald Reagan in the courtyard of the Pentagon. He was awarded the medal for “a series of ...
The defeat of Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez against Terence Crawford at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas not only stripped him of his ...
“He's still getting better as he goes,” Jones told BoxingScene. “If Munguia can survive the early rounds without taking too much damage, I think it can turn into a barnburner late. This is going to be ...
FORT POLK, La. — In 1982, while serving at U.S. Army Field Station in San Antonio, Texas, I had the privilege — no, honor — of attending an NCO professional development session in which retired Master ...
Historian Sturkey (Hattiesburg) offers up an overstuffed cradle to grave account of Vietnam war hero Roy Benavidez (1935–1998), a Mexican American sergeant in the U.S. Army who in 1968 displayed ...
At the age of 33, four-division champion Canelo Alvarez is stuck at a career crossroads of sorts in his Hall of Fame-bound career. The undisputed super middleweight king is currently weighing his ...
War has a way of creating legends, but a few stories of heroism rival the greatest fiction. In the heart of the Vietnam War, wounded, outnumbered, and facing impossible odds, one man, Roy Benavidez, ...