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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Sturkey, William, author.
Title: The ballad of Roy Benavidez : the life and times of America’s most famous Hispanic war hero / William Sturkey.
Description: First edition. | New York : Basic Books, 2024. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2023040320 | ISBN 9781541600263 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781541600270 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Benavidez, Roy P. | Hispanic American soldiers—Biography. | Vietnam War, 1961-1975—Veterans—United States—Biography. | United States. Army. Special Forces—Biography. | Medal of Honor—Biography.
Classification: LCC U53.B39 S84 2024 | DDC 959.704/34092 [B]—dc23/eng/20240128
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023040320
ISBNs: 9781541600263 (hardcover), 9781541600270 (ebook)
E3-20240418-JV-NF-ORI