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inThis is the kind of person that our kids need to hear about
KarowTue Jan 05, 2010 2:19 am
You're a 19 year old kid.
You're critically wounded and dying in the
jungle in the Ia Drang Valley.
November 11, 1965.
LZ X-ray , Vietnam .
Your infantry unit is outnumbered 8-1 and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 or 200 yards away,
that your own Infantry Commander has ordered the MediVac helicopters to stop coming in.
You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns and you know you're not getting out.
Your family is 1/2 way around the world, 12,000 miles away, and you'll never see them again.
As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day.
Then - over the machine gun noise - you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter.
You look up to see an unarmed Huey. But ... it doesn't seem real because no Medi-Vac markings are on it.
Ed Freeman is coming for you.
He's not Medi-Vac so it's not his job, but he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire anyway.
Even after the Medi-Vacs were ordered not to come.
He's coming anyway.
And he drops it in and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 2 or 3 of you on board.
Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire to the doctors and nurses.
And, he kept coming back!! 13 more times!!
He took about 30 of you and your buddies out who would never have gotten out.
Medal of Honor Recipient,
Ed Freeman, died last Wednesday at the age of 80, in Boise , Idaho .
May God Rest His Soul.
I bet you didn't hear about this hero's
passing, but we've sure seen a whole bunch
about Michael Jackson.
. .
Sorry could not post this heros picture
Medal of Honor Winner
Ed Freeman
Shame on the American media !!!
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You're critically wounded and dying in the
jungle in the Ia Drang Valley.
November 11, 1965.
LZ X-ray , Vietnam .
Your infantry unit is outnumbered 8-1 and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 or 200 yards away,
that your own Infantry Commander has ordered the MediVac helicopters to stop coming in.
You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns and you know you're not getting out.
Your family is 1/2 way around the world, 12,000 miles away, and you'll never see them again.
As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day.
Then - over the machine gun noise - you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter.
You look up to see an unarmed Huey. But ... it doesn't seem real because no Medi-Vac markings are on it.
Ed Freeman is coming for you.
He's not Medi-Vac so it's not his job, but he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire anyway.
Even after the Medi-Vacs were ordered not to come.
He's coming anyway.
And he drops it in and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 2 or 3 of you on board.
Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire to the doctors and nurses.
And, he kept coming back!! 13 more times!!
He took about 30 of you and your buddies out who would never have gotten out.
Medal of Honor Recipient,
Ed Freeman, died last Wednesday at the age of 80, in Boise , Idaho .
May God Rest His Soul.
I bet you didn't hear about this hero's
passing, but we've sure seen a whole bunch
about Michael Jackson.
. .
Sorry could not post this heros picture
Medal of Honor Winner
Ed Freeman
Shame on the American media !!!
The_BeastTue Jan 05, 2010 2:53 am
wow that's impressive he should've got more recognition for what he did.
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NEMATODETue Jan 05, 2010 3:32 am
Right on
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SpiderTue Jan 05, 2010 4:04 am
I'm glad to see that other people picked-up on this man's story and the sacrifice he has made to all of us. See NamRanger's post on this and view the video! Thanks
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J_MarleyTue Jan 05, 2010 4:55 am
No kidding. It's people like this that need to be pointed out by our media and our leaders.
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The_BeastTue Jan 05, 2010 11:28 pm
yea really what did michael jackson do sing and dance, and everone loves him after he dies seems odd to me.
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