High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Master Sergeant Pedro Rodriguez (January 3, 1912 ? October 19, 1999), earned two Silver Stars within a seven day period during the Korean War. Rodriguez was born Lajas, Puerto Rico into a poor family. Rodriguez did not have a formal education. His father owned an ox cart and earned a living by delivering goods to the town's merchants. Rodriguez rose early in the morning to help his father. Together they went to the railroad station, where they loaded the goods onto their ox cart and then delivered them. When he was 14 years old, his father died and he had to take over the ox cart and the financial responsibility of his family.