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« on: April 05, 2010, 02:09:37 PM »

You're a 19 year old kid. You're critically wounded and dying in the jungle in the Ia Drang Valley  on 11-14-1965,  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 un-armed Huey!! But.... it doesn't seem real because no Medi-Vac markings are on it.

Ed Freeman is coming for you..!!

He's not a 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, ID

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 Tiger Woods!!!

Shame on the American Media..!!

Photo: Medal of Honor Winner Ed Freeman!
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« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2010, 02:35:20 PM »
That brought tears to my eyes, what a guy. Its a shame the media doesn't report things like this in a big way-this guy desrves our entire country to honor him, I wish I knew about him while he was still alive.  :usaflag;
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« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2010, 03:21:39 PM »
Tears in my eyes too.  Thanks Sluff.  So many heros from Vietnam that were never recognized.  I am sick of bad news and would love to hear more about the good that happens in our world.   :2thumbsup;
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« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2010, 04:03:02 PM »
 :usaflag; :usaflag; :usaflag;
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« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2010, 04:24:58 PM »
They shall grow not old
As we who are left grow.
Age shall not weary them
Nor the years contemn.
At the going down of the sun
And in the morning
We will remember them.

Lest we forget.

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« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2010, 04:46:38 PM »
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« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2010, 06:36:59 PM »
 :pray; RIP Ed  :usaflag;
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« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2010, 10:28:25 PM »
They were real men weren't they. choosing to fight back fear to do what is right, true bravery. RIP ED.
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« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2010, 12:45:13 AM »
It must have been in the media somewhere, since I do remember reading about him. What a hero he was!!!!
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« Reply #9 on: April 06, 2010, 08:37:45 AM »
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Good posting Sluff.
This huey should have been put on display with his story on a loop beside the copter.
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« Reply #10 on: April 06, 2010, 03:12:13 PM »
This story reminds us of the true definition of "hero".
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« Reply #11 on: April 06, 2010, 09:42:32 PM »
when i was a little girl one of the thing i really enjoyed doing was going to a parade. when the us flag came by, my father and i would stand, because that's what you were supposed to do. i was many years older before i understood why my father had tears in his eyes every time we stood for our flag. daddy fought in the philippines during world war two. this story brought tears to my eyes. daddy taught me well. thank you sluff for the reminder.
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« Reply #12 on: April 06, 2010, 10:04:07 PM »
God bless that man!
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« Reply #13 on: April 07, 2010, 08:56:50 AM »
 :thumbup; Someone sent this to me at work. Great guy.
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