Texas Medal of Honor Presentation. In a joint session of the Texas Legislature the Governor of Texas, Rick Perry, presented the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor posthumously to Master Sergeant Roy P. Benavidez, USA, Medal of Honor recipient, on May 2, 2001. MABS photo.

Texas Governor Rick Perry. Governor Perry seated behind the podium with Mrs. Roy Benavidez and her daughters Yvette Garcia and Denise Prochazka. MABS photo.

Miss Georgia Barraza sings the National Anthum. Her mother is the principal of the Roy Benavidez Elementary School in Houston, Texas. MABS photo.

Benito Guerrero. Family friend and advisor, Benito Guerrero, led the Alamo Silver Wings color guard as they posted the colors during the ceremony. MABS photo.

Posting of the Colors. The color guard was provided by the elite, Alamo Silver Wings Airborne Association and the Alamo Chapter 15 of the Special Forces Association. MABS photo.

Invocation. Father Lawrence Matual, parish priest for Roy Benavidez and his family for many years, delivered the invocation and the benediction. MABS photo.

Color Gurad. Color guard bowed their head in prayer during the Invocation. The color guard was made up of members of the Alamo Silver Wings Airborne Association and the Alamo Chapter 15 of the Special Forces Association. MABS photo.

Author of the Resolution. State Representative Miguel "Mike" Wise authored the resolution in the 77th Texas Legislature that resulted in the Governor's award of the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to Roy Benavidez. This was only the third time that the award has been given and it was the first time that it was awarded to a Vietnam veteran. Benavidez was the first hispanic to recieve the award. MABS photo.

Benito Saucedo, long time friend of Roy Benavidez and his family. Later in the ceremony Saucedo addressed the legislature with personal remarks about Roy Benavidez's life. MABS photo.

Chris Barbee. Long time friend of Roy Benavidez, Chris Barbee's father wrote a story in the El Campo Leader News that resulted finally in the award of the Medal of Honor to Roy Benavidez. MABS photo.

Chris Barbee's Remarks. Chris Barbee address the legislature. Chris’s father wrote a story in the El Campo Leader News about long struggle, unsuccessful to get the Medal of Honor awarded to Roy Benavidez. His story was appeared in papers around the world and led to the discovery of the missing witness, Brian O’Connor, and ultimately to Roy Benavidez’s Medal of Honor. MABS photo.

Mr. Adam Garcia. Chief Warrant Officer Garcia spoke to the legislature for the Adjutent General of the Texas National Guard. MABS photo.

Kathy Mousseau Meuller. Kathy stands at the gallery rail as her father's role in the Benavidez MOH event is read to the legislature. Gerald Ewing, a pilot from the 240th AHC, who participated in the rescue mission, steadies her. MABS photo.

Kathy Mousseau Mueller applauds Gerald Ewing, 240th AHC "Greyhound" pilot who repeatedly risked his life on the rescue mission. MABS photo.

Pete Gailis Introduced. Pete Gailis, gunship crewchief stands as he is introduced to the Texas legislature as an honored guest. During the introduction a brief account of his part in the Medal of Honor incident was read. MABS photo.

Bringing her father home. Kathy Mousseau Meuller hugs Pete Gailis and Paul LaChance, 240th AHC crew chiefs who struggled to save her father's life. During the event she thanked them for "bringing my father home to me at last." MABS photo.

Thumbs Up. Texas Governor Rick Perry gives "thumbs up" to the members of the 240th AHC and family members after an emotional standing ovation for the heroes and their family members by the legislature and guests. MABS photo.

Presentation of the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor. Governor Rick Perry presented the Medal to Mrs. Hilaria Benavidez. MABS photo.

Mrs. Hilaria Benavidez Addresses the Legislature. With Governor Perry at her side Mrs. Benavidez prepares to address the legislature and assembled guests. MABS photo.

Presidential Unit Citation - SOG. Colonel Frank Hudson, deputy commander of the 5th Special Forces Group read the Presidential Unit Citation, recently awarded by President Bush to all who participated in the operations of the Studies and Observation Group (SOG) which conducted covert operations in Cambodia, Laos, and North Vietnam during Vietnam War. He presented a certificate to the Mrs. Roy Benavidez recognizing him as an individual entitled to wear the ribbon representing this unit award. The 5th Special Forces group was the unit to which Roy Benavidez was assigned during his second tour in Vietnam. MABS photo.

Benavidez Family Remarks. Yvette Benavidez Garcia, daughter of Roy Benavidez spoke on behalf of the Benavidez family. MABS photo.

Accepting for Roy Benavidez. Yvette Benavidez commented that her father was a humble man and would not have accepted the award for himself, but for the men who faught alongside him on this day, May 2, exactly thirty years ago. MABS photo.

Brothers in Arms. Yvette Benavidez named many of the men who her father always remembered as his brothers in arms whenever he spoke of the action for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor. The names included four who were killed in the action: WO2 Larry McKibben, Spec4 Michael Craig, Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Wright, and Staff Sgt. Lloyd Mousseau. As she spoke Mousseau's name she looked up to the gallery into the eyes of his daughter, Kathy. MABS photo.