The FReeper Foxhole Profiles Army Master Sgt. Roy P. Benavidez - March 12th, 2005

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[SAMWolf]

Morning w_over_w.

I'm running a day late and a dollar short again.

[SAMWolf]

Morning Phil Dragoo.

Thanks for adding Reagan's speech to today's thread.

[SAMWolf]

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

Edmund Burke

IMHO, too many good men always pay the price because politicians and bureaucrats wait too long before confronting evil.

[w_over_w]

Thanks for sharing this and as for not remembering names . . . well, it's your heart man! And it's in the right place.

[w_over_w]

I'm running a day late and a dollar short again.

Help is on the way. After Ms. Snip and I work out the details, I'll have purchases from the Wild Bird Center that exceed "3 figures"! Hey, that's gotta cover at least a buck!

Sam, do you know what the difference is between beer nuts and deer nuts?

Beer nuts are a $1.25 but deer nuts are always under a buck.

[Probably heard that one in a foxhole in 'Nam] ;^)

[tomball]

Hello SAMWolf - I know what "catch-up" is like. I'm on my way to today's thread.

[SAMWolf]

Beer nuts are a $1.25 but deer nuts are always under a buck.

ROTFL!! If I heard it, I don't remember it.

[archy]

I say Msgt Benavidez several more times around Fort Sam. Every where he went you could see the respect he engendered.

He was a MAN among Men.

The man known by Army Special Forces troops everywhere as "Tango Mike Mike" has not been forgotten since that afternoon.

The phoenetic initials T-M-M were a running joke among the late 1960s-early '70s Special Forces community, and stood for *That Mean Mexican*. If you had ever seen him around kids you might think it way off base, but I'm sure there are a few North Vietnamese who would heartily agree.

A decade or so back, the National Flag Day Foundation held their annual parade in my hometown, and asked several local veterans club officers which living MOH holders would be most appreciative of the honor of being the parade's grand marshall. We picked five, and three made it, one pleading a previous comittment and sending retired General William Westmoreland in his place. The Mean Mexican was my candidate, but even then, his health didn't permit his travelling that far from his home. We got Matt *The Ghost* Urban and Sammy Davis instead, and they not only performed with the dignity and class you'd expect, but had fun doing it.

A few months afterward, Captain Matt Urban was gone, too. But their example has given us new real heroes, not to replace them, but to join them.