Coast Guard Vietnam veteran Gil “Frenchy” Benoit, sits in front of the Plano Veterans Memorial Park and tells fellow Coast Guardsmen how he mentors local veterans, Nov. 2, 2015. Benoit, a former boatswains mate, voluntarily deployed to Vietnam and was wounded while aboard a Boston Whaler Boat during a patrol, attempting to intercept Sampans that were infiltrating South Vietnam. ( Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jennifer A. Nease)

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