To all Military VETS

[J_ROW]

To all the vets that served in Viet Nam or any other war for that matter.

You're 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 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, 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 Medi-Vac markings are on it.
Captain Ed Freeman is coming in for you.
He's not Medi-Vac 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 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 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 Rest His Soul.
I bet you didn't hear about this hero's passing from the lame stream media.
Medal of Honor Winner
Captain Ed Freeman

[Shellback]

All very true except I believe he died last year.

[J_ROW]

All very true except I believe he died last year.

Did not know that. Someone just sent me an email on it today and seen everyone on military role call and thought I'd throw it out there. We need to honor our heroes.

[xiaolu]

Died almost one and a half years ago on August 20, 2008 at the age of 80.

[steelslinger86]

No matter when he died, a big salute to that American soldier.

[Hanr3]

Thanks for posting.

[talltimber]

:bigfrostytoastsmiley: To Mr. Ed

[PBUG2009]

reminds me of a song line.......all gave some but, some gave all......Hats of my fellow brother

Since being out for 5 yrs, been to 4 different states to lay fellow rangers to rest ive served with.2 had been been awarded the bronze star...

[Billbob]

hat off

[beagle man]

fair winds and following seas, rip