Tango Mike Mike

ROY P. BENAVIDEZ is a Medal of Honor recipient fromEl Campo, Texas. Most people call him a Medal of Honor ¿Winner,¿ but he never liked that word. If he heard it said, he¿d be quick to correct you and say he didn¿t WIN anything. You see, a winner is someone who wins something, as in a game or a sport. The medal that Roy received, he earned.He fought in a war and received it because he risked his life to save others. He is known among his military brothers as ¿Tango Mike Mike.¿ The US...
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ROY P. BENAVIDEZ is a Medal of Honor recipient fromEl Campo, Texas. Most people call him a Medal of Honor ¿Winner,¿ but he never liked that word. If he heard it said, he¿d be quick to correct you and say he didn¿t WIN anything. You see, a winner is someone who wins something, as in a game or a sport. The medal that Roy received, he earned.He fought in a war and received it because he risked his life to save others. He is known among his military brothers as ¿Tango Mike Mike.¿ The US military uses certain words todesignate as call signs. ¿Tango Mike Mike,¿ a nickname given to Roy by his brothers-in-arms, would translate into ¿ThatMean Mexican.¿ Although Roy was anything but mean. Roy was a soldier who went above and beyond the call of duty and voluntarily risked his life to retrieve classified documents and save the lives of others. His tenacious attitude, unstoppabledrive and unyielding desire to save his comrades earned him the call sign, ¿Tango Mike Mike.¿