“The Greatest Military Hero You’ve Never Heard Of” - Tim Kennedy
Summary
TLDRThis video features a powerful recounting of the valorous acts of individuals in combat situations, focusing on Roy Benavidez's heroic efforts during the Vietnam War and the selfless sacrifice of snipers Shughart and Gordon in the Battle of Mogadishu. Benavidez, a Texan Green Beret, displayed extraordinary bravery by rescuing nearly annihilated Special Forces members under heavy fire, sustaining numerous wounds. Similarly, Shughart and Gordon, facing impossible odds in Mogadishu, chose to protect their comrades despite knowing the fatal consequences. Their stories are a testament to the profound courage and sacrifice exhibited in the line of duty, inspiring reflections on purpose, sacrifice, and the essence of serving something greater than oneself.
Takeaways
- 🎖 Roy Benavidez showed incredible bravery, fighting to save his fellow soldiers despite sustaining dozens of bullet and bayonet wounds.
- ⚔️ The Battle of Mogadishu was an intense fight with US forces greatly outnumbered by enemy militants.
- 🚁 Two Delta Force snipers, Shugart and Gordon, sacrificed themselves to rescue a downed helicopter crew.
- 💂♂️ Shugart and Gordon knew they would likely die but went in to save the helicopter crew anyway.
- ☮️ Tim says the story of Shugart and Gordon makes him question what he would do in a similar situation.
- 🤔 Tim wonders if he should join the fighting in places like Israel, Mexico, Ukraine or Afghanistan.
- 🎓 Tim says the story of Shugart and Gordon shows the importance of purpose - being part of something bigger than yourself.
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- 🎧 The full podcast has more stories and is 2.5 hours long.
Q & A
Who is Roy Benovitz and what heroic acts did he carry out in Vietnam?
-Roy Benovitz is a Texan who, while listening to a Special Forces team get ambushed in Vietnam, flew himself into the battle zone, led the remaining wounded soldiers, killed enemies with rocks and bayonets while sustaining over 70 bullet and shrapnel wounds himself, and was nearly declared dead until he spit in a doctor's face to signal he was alive.
What was the original mission objective of the Black Hawk Down battle?
-The original objective was for Delta Force operatives to infiltrate a building and capture a local warlord, while Army Rangers set up a perimeter around the building to provide security, then transport the warlord out by vehicle.
Why did the commanders refuse to allow the snipers to intervene at first?
-The commanders refused because there were no resources available to rescue the snipers if they went in, and they did not want to risk losing more soldiers when they knew the helicopter crew was likely doomed already.
How did Shughart and Gordon save Mike Durant?
-After the snipers received permission to intervene, they fought their way to Durant's crashed helicopter and moved him to a nearby building. They then continued fighting outside to hold back the attacking militants until they eventually ran out of ammo and were killed.
Why does Jocko consider Shughart and Gordon to be an inspiration?
-Jocko admires their selfless sacrifice to save their fellow soldier despite knowing it would likely cost their own lives. Their purpose and service represents the highest ideals that others can strive towards.
What are some of the ways Jocko has considered serving his purpose?
-Jocko has considered serving overseas in conflict zones like Israel, Mexico, Ukraine, Afghanistan to fulfill his purpose of contributing to causes bigger than himself.
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Outlines
🛩 Heroic Actions of Roy Benovitz in Vietnam
Describes the story of Roy Benovitz, a Texan soldier in Vietnam who took heroic solo actions to save a trapped group of Special Forces soldiers. Despite sustaining major injuries, he led a counterattack, evacuated the remaining soldiers, and killed enemy combatants, showing exceptional bravery.
⚔️ Selfless Sacrifice of Shart and Gordon
Recounts the heroic sacrifice of two Delta Force snipers, Shart and Gordon, during the Battle of Mogadishu. Despite being denied permission multiple times, they still risked their lives to save a crashed helicopter crew from overwhelmed insurgents, fighting to the death to protect them.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Vietnam War
💡Special Forces
💡Rangers
💡Battle of Mogadishu
💡Snipers
💡Self-sacrifice
💡Adrenaline
💡Hydration
💡Purpose
💡Courage
Highlights
Story of Roy Benovitz, a Texan who flew into a battle to help wounded soldiers, getting shot over 90 times but surviving
Shart and Gordon were snipers who fought to save soldiers in a crashed helicopter, knowing they would likely die
The most dangerous time when captured is the first few minutes due to bloodlust and rage
Shart and Gordon talked the general into letting them rescue the crashed helicopter, saving lives but dying
They knew they would likely die but decided saving fellow soldiers was worth the sacrifice
Finding purpose and inspiration in stories of others' purpose and sacrifice
Questioning whether to fight in places like Israel, Ukraine, Afghanistan to be part of something bigger
The answer is yes, here I am, send me - like Isaiah 6:8
Don't have coffee first thing, adrenal system active first 90 minutes not adenosine/caffeine system
Element electrolytes help curb cravings, improve brain function, regulate appetite
Hydration about getting electrolytes not just fluids
Risk-free refund policy for Element electrolytes
Story of helicopter being shot down in Battle of Mogadishu, Delta Force trying to rescue
Mike Tyson quote about everyone having a plan until being punched in the face
Sharing stories so listeners can find purpose and meaning
Transcripts
is there anyone that you have heard
about or you served with that you wish
their story would be better known is
there someone or are there um incidents
that you wish that you could sort of
bring to public light more yeah give me
some Roy
benitz all right you're not gonna
believe this one okay Roy benovitz he's
um in Vietnam he's a Texan and he uh
he's sitting on a Ford base and he
listens to a special forces Oda he's a
special he's a green br
getting a gunfight he's like whoop this
sounds bad helicopter goes in to try to
get some dudes he gets scuffed up comes
back with a bunch of bullet holes and
Roy runs up to the helicopter he's like
hey I'm going to go with you take me
back in there he throws a bunch of guns
and ammo in there the helicopter takes
off on his own on his own flies him back
to where the Oda has almost all been
massacred he goes starts leading the
remaining men that are all busted up all
of them are wounded most of them are
dead he gets them to start fighting back
the vietcom and starts pushing them back
he gets all of them in together and they
start um surviving for a little bit
helicopters are trying to come get them
out through the course of I think he
gets like 70 80 or 90 bullet wounds
fragmentation from grenades and Bayonet
wounds he kills a dude with a rock kills
a dude with a Bayonet there's a portion
where one of the helicopters is trying
to take off but it has so much um they
overload it with the wounded and dead
he's running along alongside of it with
a machine gun providing support with his
body and machine gun laying down
supporting fire as this helicopter's
trying to take off helicopter comes back
again he gets the last remaining bits of
equipment he gets the last few men back
onto the helicopter he's the last guy to
come he gets jumped gets stabbed with
the bayet takes the bay out out kills
the dude kills a couple more dudes hops
in the helicopter and falls over they
they uh the helicopter lands he's
covered in blood he's covered in mud and
um they're like this dude's dead they
throw him in a dead body bag so they can
throw him in the morg and as they
zipping the the thing up he goes and he
spits in the doctor's face he couldn't
talk he'd been so wounded there's
nothing that he could do besides spit on
this dude to let him know that he was
still alive he's like oh my God Roy
benovitz is still alive that's a good
one you know shart and Gordon Blackhawk
Down no a okay I'm gonna do this without
crying okay good luck good
luck you're familiar with the Blackhawk
Down Battle of Mishu they're in there to
get this um Terri leader and um the plan
was for Delta Force to come in on top of
this building the Rangers come up to
create a perimeter security perimeter
around this building while they find the
bad guy inside move him to the vehicles
and they all drive out together that was
the plan like Mike Tyson said everybody
has a plan till you get hit in the face
guys get in they get the bad guy Rangers
arrive helic opter gets struck by an RPG
in the tail helicopter crashes um this
then begins this horrific battle against
a bunch of different terrorist
organizations all trying to kill the
Rangers and Delta Force that are now
trapped in
Mogadishu and it's a I mean this is a
fight 30 40 to one odds in ratio between
terrorists to American operators shart
and Gordon are two special forces
snipers that are in a helicopter
providing OverWatch one of the
helicopters that gets shot and crashes
is getting overrun by all of these
Insurgent militia
terrorists they see on the ground that
this helicopter that some of the the
people inside of it survived the crash
and they see Small Arms fire they see
flashes from these guys trying to
protect themselves they get on the radio
and they're like General we'd like
permission to go in and protect these
guys if we don't get down there they're
going to get overrun we can see
everything the General's like negative
you do not have permission you cannot be
put on the ground and they're like
understood why did they not give
permission so they call again five
minutes later they're like if we don't
get on the ground right now everybody in
that helicopter is going to die the
General's like no denied you cannot go
down there you see better than we can
that there's no way for us to get you
out if you go on the ground it's just
going to add to the problem it's two
more people they get a third time sir
with your permission please allow us to
get on the ground we will fight to the
helicopter we will create a perimeter a
security permit around these guys and we
will protect them until we get a time to
get these guys out the General's like I
don't know when that's going to be if
you go on the ground I can't send the
Rangers to you I have no more
helicopters to send to you I have no
resources to go and rescue the people in
that helicopter and um Durant amazing
book The Pilot that was in that
helicopter um he tells in his book the
most dangerous time to be taken captive
is like the first few minutes there's
like this Blood lust this like rampid
rage so the helicopter crashes right and
like think like you're an Insurgent
you're a terrorist on the ground we got
him we got him right like you're rushing
in you're just killing everything it's
like there has to be this lull if
anybody has a chance to survive so Shar
and Gordon talk the general after three
efforts into putting them on the
these two Delta Force Special Force of
snipers from my from like the school
that I went to it's the best sniper
school on the
planet these dudes fight from their
infall point to the helicopter and they
kill literally everybody like if there
was anybody within 200 meters that was
holding a gun they went on the ground
leaky of blood and dead they get to the
helicopter and um this is all explained
in dur book cuz he was the one that
survived he was the one that they went
to rescue he was the one that they
ultimately gave their life to save and
they did just that they grab him they
drag him out of the out of the
helicopter they bring him into the
building and then they go back out to
the helicopter they give him an MP5 and
they say anybody that comes in behind us
stop them because we're going to fight
to slow because like this big huge surge
like this uh like you've seen like where
riots kind of start getting that energy
and like people start pulsing fever yeah
so that fever is there and they're just
try to keep it at Bay and they run out
of rifle ammo they run out of they start
acquiring weapons off the ground and
they run out of that ammo and they end
up with pistols and they're like bare
knuckle fighting these guys and shooting
the remaining pistol rounds as they have
before ultimately they're both killed
and they save his life and um shart and
Gordon knew and I that's the this is the
this is the hard
one they knew they were going to
die like there's not a there's not a way
that you're sitting in a helicopter like
that and they like we'll survive this um
when that question is there's no greater
thing than to lay your life down for
another service right here we are full
circle um they knew that they're going
to die for the chance to save a dude and
I've asked myself this question a thous
times like what would I do and I don't
know um shart and
Gordon pretty rad men I could go on for
hours telling these stories CU if you if
there's a part of you that is lacking
purpose sometimes you can find INSP
inspiration from somebody else's purpose
and um there I mean there's been times
where I'm like looking at Israel like do
I have to go over there is is this where
I really need to go
um and those questions of like should I
be there is is am I just another Pond to
these large
strategic influences um should I be at
the Mexico border should I be in Ukraine
should I be in
Afghanistan
um but maybe that purpose is just to be
part of something that's bigger and
better than
yourself and then the answer is yes here
I am send me like an Isaiah 68 in other
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