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| Tribute to an American Hero | Rate Topic |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 10th, 2009 10:09 am |
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oagaspar Site Founder 
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> > - 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 out numbered 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 half way around the world, 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 unarmed 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 in. > > But he's coming anyway. > > And he drops it in, and sits there in a hail of 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 again and again, 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 on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 at the age of 80 in Boise, ID. May God rest his soul. > > I'll bet you didn't hear anything at all from the media about this hero's passing, but we sure were told a lot about some hip-hop coward beating the crap out of his "girlfriend." > > THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER ED FREEMAN! > > > > > > Congressional Medal of Honor Winner > Ed Freeman > > Since the Media didn't give him the coverage he deserves send this to every red blooded American you know. > > THANKS AGAIN ED FOR WHAT YOU DID > FOR OUR BOYS AND OUR COUNTRY. > REST IN PEACE
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| Posted: Fri Jul 10th, 2009 10:36 am |
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Paladin 3T WIS 
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Thanks for sharing Oscar... I saw this politcal cartoon the other day on Townhall.com and it is a sad state of affairs... Bill Attachment: mrz071009dAPR20090709031709.jpg (Downloaded 40 times)
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| Posted: Fri Jul 10th, 2009 10:50 am |
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KenC Admin 
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That's a great story ..and absolutely true. For those of you who do not know what LZ X-Ray (or the Battle of Ia Drang Valley) is, the battle spoken of was the 1st major engagement of the war and the subject of the Mel Gibson movie We Were Soldiers. Mel Gibson played LTC Hal Moore, CO, 1st BN, 7th Cavalry, 1st Air Cav Division (later attained the rank of Lieut. General). 450 US Soldiers were delivered to LZ X-RAY US KIA 79 / WIA 121 The PAVN Division was estimated 4000+ man force. PAVN KIA 200 / WIA 6 The PAVN (Peoples Army of Vietnam) are highly inaccurate, the count is given at what was actually found, but the PAVN & NVA were master's at hiding their dead and wounded. I would estimate, based on intel concerning the ration of dead and wounded found to known ratios (discovered after the war) that the PAVN dead numbered over 500 with upward to 1000 wounded.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 10th, 2009 01:03 pm |
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stormin13 3T WIS 
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Thank you very much Oagaspar, Bill and Ken for the outstanding way you presented the passing of another American Hero; Ed Freeman. I would be interested in seeing how much of the tax payers money was spent to bury a true hero? Other than the standard VA headstone and possibly a full military burial with Honor Guard not much compared to the $1.4 million spent on a singer with a sordid past! It really makes you wonder what is important to America in the 21st Century? :( My prayers are with the Freeman family and all of the men and women of our Armed Forces. Norm Last edited on Sat Jul 11th, 2009 04:43 pm by stormin13 |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 10th, 2009 01:03 pm |
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Simon_Leung 3T WIS 
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Thank You. Attachment: LZ.jpeg (Downloaded 36 times)
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| Posted: Fri Jul 10th, 2009 05:57 pm |
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Tony Duronio 3T WIS 
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Glad you shared that Oscar..... Our TRUE hero's for sure.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 10th, 2009 07:01 pm |
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Skipdawg 3T WIS 
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Salute!
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| Posted: Fri Jul 10th, 2009 07:09 pm |
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Dragnattck 3T WIS
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Thanks for sharing this Oscar.. God bless our vets living and deceased and my family's and my heart felt thanks to all who have served.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 11th, 2009 10:12 am |
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Paxman 3T WIS 
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Great post, O!! Through their great deeds of heroism our heroes live eternally.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 11th, 2009 10:38 am |
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teddyhanna Guest
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Now that got got my blood pumping. Ed Freeman I salute you. Awesome story..hand6.gif
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