January 17, 2016: Roy Benavidez / Eric Blehm
January 17, 2016: Roy Benavidez / Eric Blehm  
Podcast: Veterans Radio
Published On: Sun Jan 17 2016
Description: Legend: Medal of Honor Recipient Roy BenavidezThe unforgettable account and courageous actions of the U.S. Army’s 240th Assault Helicopter Company and Green Beret Staff Sergeant Roy Benavidez reveal how he risked everything to rescue a Special Forces team trapped behind enemy lines. In Legend, acclaimed bestselling author Eric Blehm uses the Vietnam War as his backdrop, focusing specifically on a single mission that took place on May 2, 1968. That day, a twelve-man Special Forces team had been covertly inserted into a small clearing in the jungles of neutral Cambodia, a place where U.S. forces were forbidden to operate.From there, what followed would become legend in the Special Operations community. After being flown directly into the heart of battle, Benavidez jumped from the hovering aircraft and ran nearly 100 yards through withering enemy fire. Even though he was immediately and severely wounded, Benavidez reached the perimeter of the decimated team, quickly provided medical care, and then proceeded to organize an extraordinary defense and rescue. Throughout the battle, he was bayoneted, shot, and hit by grenade shrapnel more than thirty times; however, he refused to abandon his efforts until every survivor was out of harm’s way.