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..!! 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 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 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..!!
He 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.
I bet you didn't hear about this hero's passing, but we've sure seen a
whole bunch about some special white-gloved singer passing..!!
What is it we want to make a big deal out of,Medal of Honor Winner
Ed Freeman!
SHAME on the American Media..!!
Jul 13, 2009
Dedication, Love, and Courage - None of which describe Michael!
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Dan--I'm surprised that you could even utter the words-DEDICATION, LOVE & COURAGE in the same breath with Michael Jackson's name. He was dedicated to no one but himself, he was in love with drugs, and he wouldn't know courage if it slapped him in the face. Enough said from where I sit!
Dan-Permit me to add one more thought to your description of Mr. Freeman--ED FREEMAN, MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER & AMERICAN HERO!
MAY GOD GRANT YOU THE REST YOU SO RICHLY DESERVE & THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!
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