In Memory of...Ed Freeman by franco7
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Description
you�re a 19 year old kid. You�re critically wounded, and dying in the jungle in the La Drang Valley, 11-14-1965, LZ X-ray.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 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 helicopter, and 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, 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, and took about 30 of you and your buddies out, who would never have gotten out.
Medal of Honor Recipient, Ed Freeman, died August 2008 at the age of 80, in Boise, ID May God rest his soul.
Comments (7)
Rainastorm
Thank you Ed and Rest In Peace
Robert0921
Damn. What happened to people like that? Has "pop culture" killed them off?
shamstar
God bless him and all like him. Thank you for the tribute.
thefixer
Terrific naration of true events and a compelling dedication to this hero, thank you!
debbielove
They are still there. You just have to look hard..... real hard. ( See latest..and so far, last Victoria Cross award. Britain Highest Award for bravery) God rest this man and all who have gone before... A fine, fine tribute. Rob.
mambo
God bless him Thank you for the tribute.
TimKiver
Fantastic tribute. "Too Tall" was of course partly immortalised in the film We Were Soldiers starring Mel Gibson and Madeline Stowe. I think the film really did the book justice. Lt. Col. Hal Moore, who was played by Mel Gibson, acted as an advisor on the film and his attention to detail was (apparently) incredible. Great Job on the tribute . . . I hadn't realised that he died recently. RIP - Ed