Popular Post elmstreet61 Posted November 22, 2011 Popular Post Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 Just imagine.... You are 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 MedEvac 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 seen a whole bunch about Lindsay Lohan, Tiger Woods and the bickering of congress over Health Reform. 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIAMOND Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 God grant him a peaceful sleep, chopper pilots pulled me out of more than a few hot LZs, a braver bunch of men you will never meet. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artitech Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 God Bless Captain Freeman! I wished I could have met this great Airman! He may be gone from this earth but he will not be forgotten! May he live With Jesus forever now! :tiphat: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepdog Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 wow, what a brave soldier. May he resat in peace. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francie26 Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 He deserves a seat next to God. What a hero!!! His life counted because he lived up to the highest of human values, which he made his own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinarMillionaire Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 Absolutely, a great man, a true hero. Although, a terrific story, not to take away from him, but, this is one that we get to read about. I'm certain there are many untold stories of heroism from Vets we don't get to hear about. So, anytime you meet a vet, know he is a hero, if anything, just for being there. I get a bit teary eyed, anytime I meet any veteran of war. They ALL are my hero. They did what many won't or can't do. I'm sure any of these hero's given the chance or circumstance would not back down. I love our vets and support them in any way I can. Any Vet is a hero in my book, whether I read about their heroism or not. I know they are all our HERO'S. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danan Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 Absolutely, a great man, a true hero. Although, a terrific story, not to take away from him, but, this is one that we get to read about. I'm certain there are many untold stories of heroism from Vets we don't get to hear about. So, anytime you meet a vet, know he is a hero, if anything, just for being there. I get a bit teary eyed, anytime I meet any veteran of war. They ALL are my hero. They did what many won't or can't do. I'm sure any of these hero's given the chance or circumstance would not back down. I love our vets and support them in any way I can. Any Vet is a hero in my book, whether I read about their heroism or not. I know they are all our HERO'S. What a beautiful attitude, and I agree with you all our military are heroes, just by giving of themselves to protect ALL Americans, whether they appreciate them our not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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