FWmaker Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Ed Freeman You're an 19 year old kid. You're critically wounded, and dying in the jungle in the Ia Drang Valley, 11-14-1965, 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 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 helicopter, and 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 Medi-Vac, so it's not his job, but he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire, 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.and took about 30 of you and your buddies out, who would never have gotten out. Medal of Honor Recipient, Ed Freeman, died Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 at the age of 80, in Boise, ID.May God rest his soul. Medal of Honor Winner Ed's Picture Ed Freeman! Since the Media didn't give him the coverage he deserves send this to every red blooded American you know. THANKS AGAIN ED FOR WHAT YOU DID FOR OUR COUNTRY. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylive5 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 He actually died in August of 2008. And it took forever for him to get the MoH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wolf Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Amazing. It makes me feel so proud as an American and yet so ashamed that I hide behind the blanket of freedom people like Ed provide and never once attempted to help defend that freedom myself. Thank you, Ed. A REAL hero...not a multi-million dollar per year athlete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whomper Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 God Bless you Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 I'll never be that heroic. We need more men like that around here these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikesVikes Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 That was a great story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargerz Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Thanks for all you did for those kids and our country, Ed Freeman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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