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Benito Martinez graduated from Fort Hancock High School in May 1951 and, during the Korean War, earned the Congressional Medal of Honor in a lone six-hour stand near Satae-ri, Korea, on September 6, 1952, enabling his unit to regain key terrain. He rejected offers of aid and was cited for incredible valor and supreme sacrifice.
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