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TIL Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez was awarded the Medal of Honor for his valorous actions in Vietnam. Despite being hit by grenade, shot several times, and stabbed, for a total of 37 major wounds, Sergeant Benavidez managed to rescue 12 of his fellow soldiers.

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