Popular Post dklll Posted April 30, 2012 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Subject: Fwd: Fw: Damn Right I'll Forward It!!!! You're 19 years old . 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... YOU pass this along. Honor this real hero. Please. HOPE THIS WAS NOT POSTED. I DIDN'T FIND IT, IF SO MODS WILL TAKE CARE OF IT. 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txcountryman Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 A true hero! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobCoss Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Thanks dkill for that post. You should get a 1000 +'s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dog53 Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Rest in peace Ed Freeman Job well done !!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyingfred Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Ed Freeman, thank you for your service and a job well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divemaster5734 Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 I heard the story a long time ago, it is sad there was no mention on national media, but then, they don't want to do anything that may inspire patriotism amongst the commoners, least we decide to find some collective gonads and start standing up to the progressives. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliciadogz Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Thanks for letting us know,God Bless him and his family. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
429 Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 HOPE THIS WAS NOT POSTED. I DIDN'T FIND IT, IF SO MODS WILL TAKE CARE OF IT. Doesn't matter if it was posted before. We needed it posted anyway. Bless you, Ed Freeman! (+) you dklll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMGarand Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 I stand and salute Capt. Ed Freeman United States Air Force. RIP Sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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