Royal Marine Reacts To The Real Rambo - Roy Benavidez

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ความคิดเห็น • 714

  • @the_fat_electrician
    @the_fat_electrician หลายเดือนก่อน +1443

    This was a great react. Thank you

    • @OriginalHuman
      @OriginalHuman  หลายเดือนก่อน +390

      You’re a legend. Keep up the great work brother! 💪🫡

    • @the_fat_electrician
      @the_fat_electrician หลายเดือนก่อน +430

      @@OriginalHumani wanna see ur reaction to all my longer hero videos. But i think youll really like the percy hobart one

    • @OriginalHuman
      @OriginalHuman  หลายเดือนก่อน +341

      @@the_fat_electrician I’ll get it done!

    • @Wickit96
      @Wickit96 หลายเดือนก่อน +71

      ​@@OriginalHuman I'm a truck driver thru graveyard shift and watching his videos, And your reactions to them honestly help me get through the night so please, do all of the long form videos as well 🫡

    • @MyHandsRCold
      @MyHandsRCold หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      @@the_fat_electricianMY FAVOURITE ONE

  • @Jef_Jingles
    @Jef_Jingles หลายเดือนก่อน +416

    "They brought an army to a Roy Benavidez fight"

    • @omishimuzu
      @omishimuzu หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      Roy wasnt trapped in the jungle with the viet cong, the viet cong were trapped in a jungle with roy

    • @Metal_Auditor
      @Metal_Auditor หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@omishimuzuit wasn’t even the VC. It was the NVA.

    • @omishimuzu
      @omishimuzu หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Metal_Auditor shit youre right.......i always forget that 🤣 maybe if they had taught me about ol roy i would have paid more attention to the korean/viet nam era, too much politics involved during those times and i hate politics, but thank you for correcting me

  • @aaronlopez492
    @aaronlopez492 หลายเดือนก่อน +221

    "Fort Benavidez" definitely something that should happen! Excellent reaction!

    • @maingate7672
      @maingate7672 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Affirmative!

    • @NoneYaBidness762
      @NoneYaBidness762 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Pretty sure it has happened.

    • @Heiryuu
      @Heiryuu หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      There was some talk about renaming Fort Hood to Fort Benevidez but I don’t think anything came of it.

    • @NoneYaBidness762
      @NoneYaBidness762 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@HeiryuuWell dang. That’s about the only change I’d have actually liked.

    • @jannjordan3787
      @jannjordan3787 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      I still think they shouldn't have changed the name of Fort Bragg to Fort Liberty but Fort Benavidez would have been a more suitable replacement.

  • @davidweaver189
    @davidweaver189 หลายเดือนก่อน +117

    I am proud to say that Roy Benavidez pinned my jump wings on me when I graduated Jump School.

    • @Ali_D_Katt
      @Ali_D_Katt 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      That is ridiculously cool

    • @user-mr3cm7xq3t
      @user-mr3cm7xq3t 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Beyond legendary.

    • @peterwatkins671
      @peterwatkins671 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Fellow paratrooper, I’m insanely jealous.

    • @davidweaver189
      @davidweaver189 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @@peterwatkins671 He's one of the reasons I became a Green Beret and I graduated jump school in 1984

    • @darrelldog5
      @darrelldog5 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      That is very cool! I can't imagine the honor that must have been...

  • @persephonebonner5733
    @persephonebonner5733 หลายเดือนก่อน +169

    Ronald Regan presented him with the Medal of Honor and said that if the events of Roy's life were made into a movie, nobody would believe it.

    • @ClericOfPholtus
      @ClericOfPholtus หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Just like Murphy 😂
      Had to nerd the story to make the movie believable

    • @CivilizedWarrior
      @CivilizedWarrior 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      I’ve never understood why nobody ever made a story about Roy Benavides or Carlos Hathcock. Their real life stories are better than any fictional book or movie I’ve ever read/seen.

    • @persephonebonner5733
      @persephonebonner5733 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@CivilizedWarrior 100%

  • @vampiro4236
    @vampiro4236 หลายเดือนก่อน +156

    Growing up in Southeast Texas and with a father that served alongside SF in Vietnam, I was definitely taught about Roy Benavidez (and Audie Murphy.)
    I have absolute, undying respect for both of those men.

    • @vampiro4236
      @vampiro4236 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @OriginalHuman If you ever want to read about what SOG was up to, look up the books by John Stryker Myer (former SOG.) The stuff these men did and survived will blow your mind.

  • @SODTAOE
    @SODTAOE หลายเดือนก่อน +83

    I work for the Department of Veterans Affairs and this past Veterans day they sent out emails highlighting some of the greatest Veterans throughout US history and Roy's story was one that was shared. After reading his story for about 30 min I had tears in my eyes and made me really appreciate the work I do for our nation's veterans.

    • @tenofprime
      @tenofprime หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      A serous thanks to all of you in the VA that help vets navigate the system to get the benefits and assistance they need, I know from experience with my dad that it can be a very, shall we say government bureaucratic nightmare without help from those who know it well.

    • @SODTAOE
      @SODTAOE หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @tenofprime yes absolutely. Always "fun" to deal with the Federal government but I am truly blessed to make a small difference for our nation's Vets.

  • @hunterweaver7736
    @hunterweaver7736 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

    Audie Murphy will forever be known as a legend among the airboard community. For how bad a** and fearless this man was. He literally fought an entire German battalion by himself off the back of a flaming m10 tank destroyer and won.

    • @hunterweaver7736
      @hunterweaver7736 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Airborne

    • @TheRagratus
      @TheRagratus หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@hunterweaver7736 Audie Murphy wasn't airborne, he was straight leg infantry. 3rd ID.

  • @sociomatt_
    @sociomatt_ หลายเดือนก่อน +72

    Ive seens a lot of videos of Roy Benavidez but fat electricians video is 100% the best out of all them, not going to lie I cried at the end never seen someone so proud to be an American and makes me proud as well

  • @johnrodriguez5277
    @johnrodriguez5277 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    I had the honor of meeting Sgt. Benavidez when I was a kid in ROTC in high school. My Asst. SAI served with him in Vietnam with the 5th Special Forces. He was the guest speaker at our military ball. He was a humble and soft spoken man. It made me proud that a man of Hispanic heritage was featured so prominately. RIP MSgt. Benavidez.

    • @marilyntaylor6716
      @marilyntaylor6716 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Toughness is a mindset. My dad wrecked a 4 wheeler, breaking his back, but didn’t realize it. He missed one day of work and returned the next day. It was years later when he found out he had 4 fractured vertebrae in his back. He found out because he was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. The Doc gave him a couple months to live. He lived 12 years, dying peacefully in his sleep.

  • @HistoryNerd808
    @HistoryNerd808 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    Regarding Audie Murphy, something that TFE didn't mention was that he's almost singlehandedly responsible for PTSD being taken seriously as an actual disease. After the war, he was open about his struggles with the disease and it's not exactly easy to call the most decorated soldier in US history somebody who is just weak and couldn't handle the realities of war which was the prevailing thought at the time.

    • @JPhipps2001
      @JPhipps2001 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That is amazing!!

  • @m2hmghb
    @m2hmghb หลายเดือนก่อน +90

    You never heard of Audie L Murphy? He's only the most decorated American soldier in World War 2. He was rejected by the Corp for being too short. He was one hell of a soldier, may he Rest in Peace.

    • @omishimuzu
      @omishimuzu หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      He wasnt just short, he weighed 110 soaking wet lol if i memeber correctly with full gear he topped at 150lbs haha he was so little, but gods damn he was a beast of a soldier, much respect

    • @hobblobber3914
      @hobblobber3914 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@omishimuzu They show his picture, he looked like a 12-year-old dressed up as a Lieutenant. He was an amazing human, just tiny.

    • @marine5480
      @marine5480 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It’s ok to be baffled by Americans that haven’t heard of him, but there’s really not much reason for some random British guy to know about him.

    • @zaqzilla1
      @zaqzilla1 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And he played himself in the movie about him.

    • @arthurmoore9488
      @arthurmoore9488 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@marine5480 Umm... I guess you dont know OriginalHuman spent like a decade in the US and became an American citizen.

  • @meredithtyson3408
    @meredithtyson3408 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Roy Benavides is the definition of baddest badass on EARTH. He was basically a Berserker. He is an example to all humanity. I just ordered the book, too!!!

    • @Yuki_Ika7
      @Yuki_Ika7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      He is like the definition of that "the indomitable human spirit" meme online

  • @EbizzerHH
    @EbizzerHH หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    One of the greatest war heros and badasses I have ever heard of! Fort Benavides sounds like perfect liberty for me!!! Love from germany! 💪

    • @christopherlane5238
      @christopherlane5238 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Cheers from Texas!

    • @libertybell8852
      @libertybell8852 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Love from Oklahoma! ❤️

    • @mike28003
      @mike28003 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I second that

  • @Rug0s
    @Rug0s หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    Audie Murphy was something else. He was rejected from the marines because of his height and weight (which was also used as a reference to the captain America comics). Saw you did a bit of Sabaton reactions back then, you should give "To Hell and back" a listen on their history channel it gives a brief story on Audie's life. Audie is also one of my role models and is one of the people that inspired me join, currently in the enlistment process. The other person was my Grandfather's brother who died in the Defense of Philippines and was a member of the Philippine Scouts.

  • @gordonduke8812
    @gordonduke8812 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Roy Benavidez, the one true Captain America. Kudos to Nick for a great video, And to you, great reaction as usual.

  • @BryanW-bp3le
    @BryanW-bp3le หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    I personal prefer the longer form videos sir! Cheers brother!

  • @davidweaver189
    @davidweaver189 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    I'm proud to say that I was 101st ABN INF. for 3 years, and a Green Beret for the remained of my career (17 1/2 years) till I was so injured that I couldn't continue. On discharge they found out I had broken my back and neck, but still kept going. It was a shattered Tib/Fib that put me out medically.

  • @52montoya
    @52montoya หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    He was a different type of man than the Rambo character. He was a highly disciplined soldier.

  • @unknownp1506
    @unknownp1506 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    I love the fact that the period from when Roy stepped on the landmine to when he snapped out of his state, the video was on grey tones to really accent how it muat have felt for him, everything is fuzzy, and empty until he can pull himself out of it.
    Really justshows how good of a story teller TFE is

  • @stringstroker22
    @stringstroker22 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Audie is from north Texas and is the most decorated soldier in US history. Our families knew each other, being sharecroppers from Hunt County. My uncle, who served in the ETO commanding a tank as a SSgt, said Audie was ‘short & scrawny.’ The one thing they (& my brother and I) did was grow up hunting, to put food on the table. I KNOW that’s where Audie learned to be so deadly with a rifle. That said, did he have special dungarees made to hold his GIANT BALLS? He was a great patriot who sadly suffered from PTSD, after the war which led to him becoming an alcoholic. 🇺🇸 I am proud that Benavides and Murphy are Texans!!

  • @JustSomeRandomFilmFan
    @JustSomeRandomFilmFan หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I had the honor of meeting Benavidez about 6 months before he passed. He did a LOT of motivational speech touring in his later years, and he happened to come down to Panama for the final rotation of the Jungle Ops course before we gave the land back to the Panamanians, and my unit was the last unit to go through. He was the most charismatic man I think I've ever met. And yeah, a solid handful of US military bases that had previously been named after people in the Confederacy in the US Civil War were renamed a couple of years ago. No more Ft. Bragg and Ft. Benning.

  • @benjamies4136
    @benjamies4136 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Absolute hero. It's amazing that he doesn't have a base named after him, it's absolutely ridiculous

  • @chrismaverick9828
    @chrismaverick9828 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Even the best neurologists can't explain some of the things that go on with the brain. A singular smell can bring back a childhood memory long forgotten. A particular song can pull an elderly person from the depths of dementia for a short while. There was a woman who suffered a stroke that made her almost a vegetable mentally. Over years of therapy she recovered to be almost entirely normal and even wrote about the things she felt and how she perceived the world during that time.
    The brain is an incredibly resilient organ in some respects, but just as fragile in others.

  • @Isaacsbased
    @Isaacsbased หลายเดือนก่อน +116

    Wait til he discovers wendigoon

    • @MikeF_44
      @MikeF_44 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Wendigoon and The Fat Electrician were on the "Unsubscribe Podcast" together.

    • @Foobits
      @Foobits หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Nic's nephew? That's gonna be fun

    • @Isaacsbased
      @Isaacsbased หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@MikeF_44am aware

    • @chugachuga9242
      @chugachuga9242 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Brandon’s little brother

    • @Foobits
      @Foobits หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@chugachuga9242 son

  • @hunterweaver7736
    @hunterweaver7736 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Roy Benavidez is also known as the Lazarus soldier because of how unkillable he was.

  • @mehrunez4838
    @mehrunez4838 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I'm happy you said Mr. Ballen, He was the other one I thought of as well. I love his content and story telling.

  • @marine5480
    @marine5480 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Imagine having him as one of the members of your company. That would be so intimidating and comforting.

  • @LuisAguilar-ht9op
    @LuisAguilar-ht9op หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You sir made the best reaction video. Your emotions are real.
    The Fat Electrician created the best Roy Benavides video ever. Awesome story teller.
    Thank you for your genuine reaction and most of all, thank you for your service. 🇬🇧🇺🇸

  • @tjk5598
    @tjk5598 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I’ve watched that video 3 times now and I get choked up every time.

  • @sandy9064
    @sandy9064 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    A new book just came out either last month or this month called The Ballad of Roy Benavidez: The Life and Times of America’s Most Famous Hispanic War Hero by William Sturkey, too. We just bought it for my library.

  • @thebrewingsailor9172
    @thebrewingsailor9172 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Tango Mike Mike. That Mean Mexican, might be the greatest callsign of all time.

  • @wtgardner6914
    @wtgardner6914 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    How in the F have they not renamed Ft. Bragg, to Ft. Benavidez? It boggles the mind. Great reaction to one of the greatest YTubers out there. TFE is the best at military storytelling.

    • @Sir_Engel_038
      @Sir_Engel_038 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Libralism

    • @BayBee_ASMR
      @BayBee_ASMR 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@Sir_Engel_038yuuup. It's a damn shame too.

  • @marvincasteel4876
    @marvincasteel4876 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    More than Legendary! Absolutely Awesome! there aren't enough words to convey the amount of respect for Master Sgt. Benavidez!!

  • @unturned1529
    @unturned1529 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The speech at the end sends a chill down my spine. God bless the warriors who guve it their all

  • @ryanalston9895
    @ryanalston9895 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    As a veteran myself this brings tears to my eyes. What an incredible individual. The protected really will never understand.

  • @archangelspythons
    @archangelspythons หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Roy Benavides is one of my favorite war heros

  • @Firemedic361
    @Firemedic361 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I was honored to meet Tango Mike Mike in 1990 after being injured in Panama. He is a true legend and was a genuine and humble man.

  • @daveethridge7342
    @daveethridge7342 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I met Roy Benavides when I was young boy. My mon picked him up from the airport in Kansas City. He was giving a speech at a Latinos Unidos event. She brought him to our house and we had dinner together. I cooked. He was the greatest person I ever met. Even as a child, I knew this was the greatest honor in my life. He was a kind and wonderful man. El Gordo Tio. My grandfather died in Vietnam. He was also a boxer. Golden Gloves. He sang jazz at clubs and on the radio 📻 His parents came to Kansas City from Mexico, because my great-grandfather killed a man he wasn't supposed to. He used to ride with Pancho Villa, but Pancho put a hit on him. Anyway. He was kind and wonderful. I read his book back then, and he was everything I imagined.

  • @brentarnold523
    @brentarnold523 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I am from the small town of Wharton, TX. Just about a 20 minute drive north of El Campo, TX. In high school I was in the Air Force Junior ROTC, and had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Benavidez. He was such I nice man and always helped anyone he could.

  • @revivalofnutrient
    @revivalofnutrient หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    So happy this war hero is getting the recognition he deserves. Even if he was a humble man.

  • @Whiteknight-xg2pq
    @Whiteknight-xg2pq หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Roy was one exceptional solder and one hell of a fighter. In my neck of the woods we have Spc. Daniel D Fernandez, a young kid who didn't get to see too much in Vietnam, saved his patrol by diving on a live frag that popped off from a booby trap.
    Oh yeah Arizona has anger issues, Texas wants security, and New Mexico is so god damnd poor we just borrow or steal from one another.

    • @ryantannar5301
      @ryantannar5301 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      hey it's not our fault we're angry, we live on the surface of the sun over here and it makes us a bit grumpy

    • @makingmo
      @makingmo 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      We only steal from Arizonans. Texas knows how to shoot back. We may be poor but we ain’t stupid!

  • @tyrantrex734
    @tyrantrex734 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Roy Benavidez was simply built different

  • @DrMiles15
    @DrMiles15 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    First of all, your reaction videos are the best ones I’ve ever seen.
    Secondly, The Fat Electrician is a legend for allowing you to do this, and like you’ve said in other videos, his storytelling is untouchable.

  • @Aanteatur
    @Aanteatur หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    What an absolute LEGEND! Roy "I AIN'T HEAR NO BELL" Benavidez

  • @zacharyricords8964
    @zacharyricords8964 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    At the end you said you feel like youre getting emotional. Haha yeah this story got me hella emotional. This man is a fucking legend big time!

  • @ragestick
    @ragestick หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    If you are interested in MacVSog there is great podcast that is hosted by the veteran of MacVSog from Vietnam war he is called John Stryker Meyer he has a podcast called Sogcast where he interviews his MacVSog buddies and other SF badasses

    • @jamalmckenzie3822
      @jamalmckenzie3822 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah John Stryker is a legend.

  • @GaryJimenez
    @GaryJimenez หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Great video. I agree, the Fat Electrician tells a story like no other. You can tell that he is emotionally invested and that just draws you in even more.

  • @bigfoot_huntr2964
    @bigfoot_huntr2964 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Ive heard a british dude say "grab a cuppa tea or coffee" i can die happy.
    Also, these longer videos are perfect me to listen ti at work, however, you do whatever works for yoy broski!

  • @daltonv5206
    @daltonv5206 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Roy's full speech is on TH-cam. It's fantastic 👍 TFE did a fantastic job with this!! Don't be put off by his long videos. Those are some of his best!

  • @charlesshoemaker3622
    @charlesshoemaker3622 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Exactly the kind of man we desperately need more of.

  • @jacobross6454
    @jacobross6454 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I really love to see The Fat Electrician supporting the people who react to his content. And I really love how Original Human really reacts and give credit where it’s due. Y’all are 2 great channels that are pros at your content.

  • @Bmattsoren
    @Bmattsoren หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My uncle was a gold medal wrestler in Canada fell off a 3 story roof and landed feet down between 2 posts and crushed his spine with the impact. He was told that he’d never recover and be able to walk again, he did. He’s walking head high to this day.

  • @TheGimpster101
    @TheGimpster101 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    If you haven’t seen it already I suggest watching one of his older vids about Joe Medicine Crow: The Last War Chief. Another legend that’s relatively unknown for those who aren’t true Natives to NA.

  • @noahadams7784
    @noahadams7784 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    “For those of us who have fought for it, life has a special flavor”
    This speaks to me on an existential level. You will never appreciate the gift of life greater than when it is almost taken from you. The same rule applies to freedom, you will never appreciate freedom enough until it is taken from you. People yearning for the old days, when things were better, when we all had more freedom. We didn’t know back then to appreciate what we had, and now here we are wishing we had it back.
    I wonder how many soldiers thought the same thing before they lost their lives in battle.

  • @hallbjornthefirebreather8376
    @hallbjornthefirebreather8376 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    I wanna see you react to his McNasty video.
    That being said, I've never been big on react videos. But you and 1 other British guy I've been watching are really pretty good. I enjoy your banter bouncing off of others banter. Keep it up Marine
    Oh and it'd be cool to see you react to the video Wendigoon did on Garbo the Spy

    • @AtomicZn
      @AtomicZn 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      He already did the McNasty video, actually. It was good.

    • @hallbjornthefirebreather8376
      @hallbjornthefirebreather8376 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @AtomicZn yeah I found it the next day 🤣🤣

  • @curtiswoodard6195
    @curtiswoodard6195 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Nick has a video on Audie Murphy and if you want to see crazy stories basically any MoH recipient is a good place to start Col. Bob Howard, LT Mike Thornton and LT Tom Norris are just a few examples from vietnam. PS not sure if you caught it or not the way he described it in this video but Audie Murphy played himself in his own autobiography movie To Hell and Back because he was just that much of a badass.

  • @marciimeris503
    @marciimeris503 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Honestly i love videos with this format. Like the "historian reacts to oversimplified" you and the historian guy both add to it too. Its not just you staring at the screen for the entire hour.

  • @jimfrozen521
    @jimfrozen521 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    High respect I was dif too Im 70 now seen it deal with it enough said a Vet is a man in Gods Eye

  • @shadez7650
    @shadez7650 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Roy Benavidez is still talked about on Bragg to this day. He is an absolute legend, especially on Bragg.

  • @JIMBEARRI
    @JIMBEARRI หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Look up : Gary Dockery. He was a cop in Tennessee who was shot in the head. He was in a coma for 7 1/2 years and then suddenly woke up. He was completely lucid. He recognized his family and remembered past events. Unfortunately, his recovery only lasted a few days.

  • @stowsea
    @stowsea หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Pertaining to the land mine. My guess would be that the steel plate wasn't heat treated properly. Making it just a little more maleable instead of brittle enough to fragment.

  • @52montoya
    @52montoya หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I've seen this presentation several times, but between the Fat Electrician and you, it was really outstanding.

  • @tattoman29
    @tattoman29 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    It's funny since Mr. Ballen and The Fat Electrician both were in the Military

  • @buckeyegirl16
    @buckeyegirl16 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Love the long form content...u still have so many legendary stories of his to react to. Arthur Wermuth and The Ghost of Bataan are to other super heroes that keep fighting after they probably should have been dead from their injuries...legends

  • @GJCorby2007
    @GJCorby2007 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The quote at the end is a paraphrase of General Mac Arthur’s speech to West Point in 1961, “The Soldier above all other people prays for peace, for they must bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.”

  • @osterpenpen9379
    @osterpenpen9379 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I've heard stories that one of the things they used to track movements is they'd let bicycles get "stolen" that were rigged so if the bike was ridden for a while, and then left on its side for a few hours, such as when they get to a transfer point, it would start transmitting a signal that could be triangulated.

  • @jlastre
    @jlastre หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    When I was in high school my mother used to work for the VA and helped run the conference/convention for GI Forum, a Hispanic/Latino organization focused on Veterans. This was like in 79 or 80. Benavidez had not yet been awarded his Medal of Honor. The rejection of being awarded was a sore point. I had the opportunity to meet him. He was still a fighter, but also a very kind man.

  • @UpperDarbyDetailing
    @UpperDarbyDetailing หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Fun fact: Mr. Ballen ALSO did a video on Roy Benavides. It would be interesting to see you watch his version of the story. There’s a lot less background info so it’s a much shorter video.

  • @travisyarbrough4033
    @travisyarbrough4033 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I have met a lot of Generals and they were all great people. They were about their word and honored things 100%

  • @martinm3474
    @martinm3474 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I was wondering if you would play the video to the end and catch Roy's speech. As Nic says, someone's been cutting onions.

  • @leecarlson9713
    @leecarlson9713 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you for your reaction! This is the second time I have seen TFE’s video about this amazing American hero, and each time I become so emotional. ( I am an 80 year old widow, living in the southmost tip of Texas.) My nephews all served in the armed forces, and I am very proud of their service. And even today, I thank every active and veteran service person I meet. Very proud to be an American. Again thank you for your reaction. Interesting to get the perspective of someone who really understands the significance of what Master Sergeant Benavidez accomplished during his active duty. Look up Audie Murphy. Again, an outstanding military man.

  • @g.gordon8117
    @g.gordon8117 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    He was a legend at Bragg when I was there

  • @Odinist
    @Odinist 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    There is a real pleasure watching someone being amazed by this story for the first time ;)

  • @MrSqueasil
    @MrSqueasil หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Having been to the Audie Murphy Board in the Army I cannot wait until you watch that video.

  • @thekevindeucey
    @thekevindeucey หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I KNEW you were gonna say Mr. Ballen.

  • @ghomerhust
    @ghomerhust 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    i was the first person in my family to join the military since they came to america 4-5 generations prior. my little brother went in 2 years behind me (just retired at 20yr), and my oldest son has now also joined, into the army guard, as a driver/convoy. very proud of him! i did satellite communications engineering, and helped lockheed martin in the design phases of the current missile defense system, and then went into combat weather deployments with a system that could give front line troops to-the-minute weather conditions in combat zones. very rewarding work that is making a difference today. so im proud that he's also serving in an important role, because the military is nothing without mobility!

  • @TheStumpSitters
    @TheStumpSitters หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It is such a good book. I bought it right after Nic dropped the video originally and could not put it down. I finished it in a week reading it in every free second I had.

  • @heron6764
    @heron6764 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This needs to be a movie, I will do it myself... Roy deserves it.

  • @remedy-1879
    @remedy-1879 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Mr Benavides is a hero down south here in Texas. Even more so from army vets. His story is legend too hard to beleive.

  • @hennysaud4867
    @hennysaud4867 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Yeah, a few bases were renamed in due to being named for Confederate soldiers. They really screwed the pooch on Bragg because there was a list of 70+ Special Forces Operators and Paratroopers they were going to pick the new name from. MSG Benavidez was in both the 82nd ABN DIV and 5th SFG but apparently that wasn’t good enough to rename Ft Bragg after him. Sorry for being long winded but still a sore spot for me!

  • @Gutslinger
    @Gutslinger 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    His speech that he showed at the end was great. More people should watch it.
    I think I watched it, but it's possible that I watched a different one that too was great. Like the full thing, and not just a few minute clip from it.

  • @ryanweintraub9448
    @ryanweintraub9448 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    For context, the general that gave Benavidez the airborne packet after ghosting him, Westmoreland, was the overarching commander during the Vietnam War. Westmoreland was to Vietnam how Eisenhower was for WW2

  • @dominickdowner3094
    @dominickdowner3094 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I 100% agree with you on the best two story tellers nick an ballen are both awesome story tellers for sure give those guys a raise lmaoo

  • @Wickit96
    @Wickit96 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Dont worry, a lot of us mean got emotional at Roy's message at the end. Keeps us human 🫡

  • @joshfrost7939
    @joshfrost7939 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I suffered a traumatic brain injury almost as bad as Roy's. I didn't even recognize my parents and siblings for a few weeks. They visited me every day and one morning I woke up and realized I was in a hospital room, didn't know why, and just started asking questions.

  • @mtnman32
    @mtnman32 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    He spoke at my Q course graduation. It was the honor of a lifetime to sake his hand. A true OGB!

  • @michaelthomas4595
    @michaelthomas4595 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Mad love for the royal marines, yall are secret nuts like us marines 😅. Cross trained with royal marines in Bridgeport California in 2009. And my favorite experience with yall was partying in the laundry room 🤘 next level lmao. Love your channel brother 🤘

  • @TheCerebralDude
    @TheCerebralDude หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    General Westmoreland who hooked Roy up with airborne training would later go to command all US forces in Vietnam and later become Chief of Staff of the Army

  • @dakotachristensen3397
    @dakotachristensen3397 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I wish they had a movie of this guy. Not counting Rambo

  •  7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Late grandpa was 82nd airborne paratrooper. Jumps in training and war wrecked his knees, neck, and back. Disabled veteran for most of his life.

  • @tomking7220
    @tomking7220 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The NVA were able to move large amounts of troops and supplies through Laos on the “Ho Chi Minh trail” undetected on foot, truck, and bicycle paths, NVA engineers would climb the trees adjacent to the paths and weave the tree canopy’s together to camouflage trails and a multitude of other ways to hide troop and supply movements

  • @danrosenthal9231
    @danrosenthal9231 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    There's actually a movement to rename a base after him; it hasn't happened yet but it seems likely that he'll get one in the future. He already has a Navy ship and several schools named after him.

  • @drunkenbmxvloger7548
    @drunkenbmxvloger7548 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    So glad you are reacting to this

  • @davidtullis2810
    @davidtullis2810 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Now watch the video of President Reagan giving Roy the Medal of Honor and Roy's speech .Never a more humble man

  • @MistuhDokka2U
    @MistuhDokka2U 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    U named my top 2 story tellers! Totally agree man!

  • @patient_6925
    @patient_6925 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    17:20 audi murphy got his own sabaton song To Hell and Back. Hes incredible

  • @KwispyKweme
    @KwispyKweme หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Fort bragg was named for Braxton bragg, a confederate general from the American Civil war.

  • @tb1149
    @tb1149 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thank you for exposing this story. He is an American hero

  • @brucekey1983
    @brucekey1983 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I can kind of relate to the rehab part. Years ago I was bed ridden do to a spinal injury, but I couldn't afford physical therapy. So lil by lil I crawled around on my stomach , I got myself to the point where I could walk, (that was embarrassing due to the tension it pulled my head to the right side, and pushed my shoulder up so my head and shoulder were stuck like that). Despite all that I kept walking around, I didn't care if I looked disabled mentally. 2 month later I was able to walk around. I beat the odds. After suffering a severe Cyasciatic (that's one of the top 5 disks in your back. Nolin that case you would be in a wheelchair for the rest of your life) nerve I can walk up straight and run short distances. I still have issues sometimes I either shake uncontrollably or a limb stops working, but I still beet the odds