ChileRelleno 7,071 Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 If you've seen the movie, 'We Were Soldiers", then you've seen the story of this fine man heroic actions, selflessness and dedication to his comrades. Ed Freeman You're a 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 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, 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 last Wednesday at the age of 80, in Boise , ID .........May God rest his soul..... Medal of Honor Winner Ed Freeman! I bet you didn't hear about this hero's passing, but we sure were told a whole bunch about some Hip-Hop Coward beating the crap out of his "girlfriend" Shame on the American Media Quote Link to post Share on other sites
evildog 20 Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 God Bless Ed Freeman............if only we had more like him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ruffian72 548 Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 God Speed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gaddis 1,689 Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 Can't be all bad if he's a former 7th Cav. trooper. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WHITE 3 GOLF 2 Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 See you in Fiddlers Green. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
saigafan12345 21 Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 RIP that man is a true hero Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gunman1 1,753 Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 I seem to recall Bill O'Reilly doing a segment on this guy one time. God rest his soul and may he rest in peace. PS, thanks for the post. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulry 50 Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 Ed Freeman, I salute you! Rest in Heaven, Ye that hath spent his time in Hell Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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