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MstSgt. Raul Perez Benavidez
63 years old from El Campo, Texas
Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group
August 5, 1935 – November 29, 1998


Raul (Roy) Benavidez has one of the most amazing stories. Injured in combat and declared to never walk again after stepping on a landmine. Not only did he walk again but he was able to get back to the battlefield where he was declared dead only to come back from 37 separate bayonet, bullet and shrapnel wounds to be awarded the Medal Of Honor.



You can read more on this hero's amazing story here

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives just so others may get to enjoy freedom. For that I am proud to call them Hero.
Those Who Say That We're In A Time When There Are No Heroes, They Just Don't Know Where To Look

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Music Monday

Four songs that are known as the Fear Series.

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Gen. Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.
78 years old from Tampa, Florida
August 22, 1934 - December 27, 2012


On December 27 we lost 4-Star General Norman Schwarzkopf. Younger people may not really know who he was, but those of us 30 and older will remember him during the Gulf War. And rather than try and condense his life and career into a small post, which is impossible by the way, I've found a couple of links that do a much better job telling the story of this hero.

You can read more here and here

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives just so others may get to enjoy freedom. For that I am proud to call them Hero.
Those Who Say That We're In A Time When There Are No Heroes, They Just Don't Know Where To Look

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Music Monday

If you can play these songs you can play pretty much anything. All hail the mighty Rush.


Rush - La Villa Strangiato

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No post this week. Been under the weather and didn't really feel like doing one this week, but it will return next week.

Music Monday

"If the dream is won, Though everything is lost, We will pay the price, But we will not count the cost"


Rush - Bravado

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Lt. Marcus Robinson


Lt. Marcus Robinson, Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 2, instructs small boat maneuvers during a training exercise aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20). Green Bay is part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group and with the embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (15th MEU) is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Photo courtesy U.S.Navy taken by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Elizabeth Merriam

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives just so others may get to enjoy freedom. For that I am proud to call them Hero.
Those Who Say That We're In A Time When There Are No Heroes, They Just Don't Know Where To Look

This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. For more information about Wednesday Hero, or if you would like to post it on your site, you can go here.

Music Monday

Rush are one of those bands that you either get or you don't. And those of us who do can't understand why others don't. Are they just not hearing what we're hearing?

Amazing song. This is why we, why I, love Rush.


Rush - The Necromancer

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Capt. Daniel Inouye
88 years old from Honolulu, Hawaii
442nd Regimental Combat Team
June 28, 2010 – December 17, 2012


On December 17 Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii passed away. Before he was a Senator he served in the United States Army from 1941-1946. From '41-'43 he served as a medical volunteer. It wasn't until 1943 when the military dropped it's ban in Japanese serving that Inouye was able to enlist. Within the first year he was promoted to Sergent and later to second lieutenant.

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