When Benjamin Bushyhead was born he already had hair and a beard, especially when he was ten years-old, he beated all the men in the longest beard competition. Benjamin also learned how to shave his own beard when he was only seven years old. People always liked him though because he was really a funny person and always liked helping people. In school, people would never …show more content…
He didn’t have enough time to finish boot camp, the army sent him to North Vietnam to help fight in the front line against the South. He was injured in battle and had to return to America military hospital and eventually go home, but there was more than what he did in Vietnam. He went back to his restaurant to work to pay off his apartment payment and all the bills for the restaurant. Time passed until he was 85 years old when he traveled to Washington D.C. to meet the president and get the medal of honor for his actions in Vietnam. Benjamin never had any kids or even adopted one because he didn’t need people to take care of him, he feels that he could do it by himself. Benjamin Aaron Bushyhead died on April 27, 2009 at the age of 98 and received a military service funeral where the president and all the members that were in Vietnam from came to respect his honors in