Roy P. Benavidez' Green Beret unpacked after 51 years

A man by the name of Chuck Ollinger telephoned Yvette Benavidez Garcia, Roy's daughter, and told her he had her father's Green Beret from 51 years ago.

Chuck had been stationed at Fort Sam Houston In San Antonio, Tx, when an all call came out asking for blood donors. Chuck was on his way out the door, to play in a baseball game, and had no intentions on staying to donate blood. After feeling guilty, he ended up going to donate at the last minute and found himself right there next to the injured soldier that had been rushed in minutes before. The doctors separated the two, each on their own gourney, with a sheet draped so Chuck didn't have to see the severity of what was going on. Chuck ended up donating several pints of blood that day and had to stay over night as a precaution. He missed the game, but got something way more special instead.

The next morning when Chuck awoke he found a gift waiting for him at his bedside. When he asked the nurse what it was she replied that the young soldier whose life he had saved left his Green Beret, along with his name badge, as a token of appreciation. She said he told her to tell him, Thamk you!
Roy was transferred to another area for recovery so he never got to personally thank him.

As the years went on, Chuck really didn't think much about it until years later when he had been counseling a young soldier while stationed in Germany. The soldier mentioned Roy's name and his heroic feats and Chuck put two and two together. The "Benavidez" who had left him his Green Beret and name badge was the same man who this man was talking about.

More years went by and Chuck had no idea how he could get in touch with Roy's family until recently when someone told him he should try reaching out to the police station in the town in which he lived.

51 years later Chuck finally got ahold of Roy's daughter and ultimately returned the Green Beret and name badge.

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