at 19 years old...

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 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 a helicopter.
You look up to see a Huey coming in. But ... It doesn't seem real because no Medi-Vac markings are on it.

Captain Ed Freeman is coming in for you.

He's not Medi-Vac 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 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 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 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 and Tiger Woods.




Medal of Honor Winner
Captain Ed Freeman

Shame on the American media !!!

I was asked to spread to word of this unsung hero.
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R.I.P. Sir:-)
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R.I.P sir.
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RIP. Thank you for posting Dave.
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Truly a brave man, and one who deserved more attention. :-)
Rest in Peace Sir. :-)
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May Captain Freeman rest in peace, he was what makes this country great!
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Without getting into politics or anything...I do think it's a shame the way the media focuses on useless, meaningless crap about hollywood and celebrities...it's stuff like this that needs to be reported on to remind us that our freedom is a gift from those men and women who have fought so hard for our country.
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Another true American that Rests In Peace.
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A great hero to say the least. RIP
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May he find the peace he so rightfully deserves...
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Helluva Guy!:-):-)
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Amazing! May he RIP!
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God Bless America. RIP hero
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RIP, sir. Thank You.
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:-)
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Thanks for informing us of this great hero.
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:-) and :-) in the memory of Captain Freeman :-)
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True hero,rest in peace!
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I really don't mean to disrupt the respect for Ed Freeman in this thread, but I think he passed away almost 2 years ago.


Either way RIP for one fine example of an American.


http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/afte...to-michae.html
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These are the types of stories we need to hear in the news! A huge thanks to him for all he sacrificed.
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