paolabob Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 You're a 19 year old kid. You're critically wounded and dying in the jungle somewhere in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam .. It's November 11, 1967. LZ (landing zone) X-ray. Your unit is outnumbered 8-1 and the enemy fire is so intense from 100 yards away, that your CO (commanding officer) has ordered the 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 half 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 a Huey coming in. But.. It doesn't seem real because no MedEvac markings are on it. Captain Ed Freeman is coming in for you. He's not MedEvac so it's not his job, but he heard the radio call and decided he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire anyway. Even after the MedEvacs 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 3 of you at a time on board. Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire to the doctors and nurses and safety. And, he kept coming back!! 13 more times!! Until all the wounded were out. No one knew until the mission was over that the Captain had been hit 4 times in the legs and left arm. He took 29 of you and your buddies out that day. Some would not have made it without the Captain and his Huey. Medal of Honor Recipient,Captain Ed Freeman, United States Air Force, died last Wednesday at the age of 70, in Boise , Idaho May God Bless and Rest His Soul. I bet you didn't hear about this hero's passing, but we've sure heard a whole bunch about Whitney Houston, Lindsay Lohan, Dr. Murray, that sicko Sandusky, and a 72- day sham marriage. Shame on the media !!! Medal of Honor Winner Captain Ed Freeman Now THAT's a hero! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potter7 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 A true hero indeed, but he didn't win anything. He was awarded the country's highest medal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefin Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 You're a 19 year old kid. You're critically wounded and dying in the jungle somewhere in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam .. It's November 11, 1967. LZ (landing zone) X-ray. Your unit is outnumbered 8-1 and the enemy fire is so intense from 100 yards away, that your CO (commanding officer) has ordered the 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 half 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 a Huey coming in. But.. It doesn't seem real because no MedEvac markings are on it. Captain Ed Freeman is coming in for you. He's not MedEvac so it's not his job, but he heard the radio call and decided he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire anyway. Even after the MedEvacs 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 3 of you at a time on board. Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire to the doctors and nurses and safety. And, he kept coming back!! 13 more times!! Until all the wounded were out. No one knew until the mission was over that the Captain had been hit 4 times in the legs and left arm. He took 29 of you and your buddies out that day. Some would not have made it without the Captain and his Huey. Medal of Honor Recipient,Captain Ed Freeman, United States Air Force, died last Wednesday at the age of 70, in Boise , Idaho May God Bless and Rest His Soul. I bet you didn't hear about this hero's passing, but we've sure heard a whole bunch about Whitney Houston, Lindsay Lohan, Dr. Murray, that sicko Sandusky, and a 72- day sham marriage. Shame on the media !!! Medal of Honor Winner Captain Ed Freeman Now THAT's a hero! A true American Hero,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenB Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 1330872673[/url]' post='527026']A true American Hero,,, He died in 2008. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONMYI Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Thank you for your service; R.I.P. Capt. E.Freeman, Only a few will appreciate your day in HELL, saving those from it.. Friggin skewed news media today, is as treasonous, as the treacherous ones they support, N fail to truely reporty on.. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DienCaiDau Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 It wasn't but five months later, I was in the same AO. Stayed 19 months, 24 days before I was sent home. A true American hero he was and will always be in the eyes of his brothers. Very sad.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longrider Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 That's what legends are made of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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