Please take a little time to remember this man

Apr 20, 2010  //  Posted by: Irv  //  Category: Irv's soap box, thankyous

This isn’t current Captain Freeman passed away in 2008. He was a true hero
and deserves our remembrance and respect.

In this time of great uncertainty we could use more men like him.

Pray for our country and it’s people.

Courage.

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 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 Michael
Jackson and Tiger Woods.

Medal of Honor
Winner Captain Ed Freeman

Shame on the American media !!!

10 Responses to “Please take a little time to remember this man”

  1. Ken Roudybush Says:
    April 20th, 2010 at 6:56 am

    I appreciate your e-mails. Thank you for the reminders!

  2. Alex Devanny Says:
    April 20th, 2010 at 7:06 am

    God Bless him,and comfort to his family.I for one am proud you asked for a reply. THANK YOU !

  3. TW Says:
    April 20th, 2010 at 7:38 am

    Thanks for the reminder. Capt. Freeman You are the real heros.

  4. Patrick E. Wetzel Says:
    April 20th, 2010 at 1:55 pm

    Thank you Irv for posting the story about Captain Ed Freeman he truly is a hero, we sure do need to hear more stories like this one through the media. May God Bless you with this coming fishing season.

  5. Bill Nelson Says:
    April 20th, 2010 at 6:44 pm

    Glad to read about this outstanding American and the job he did for the wounded. I bet he lived his entire life doing the best that he could be. Most folks in the USA don’t even know where Viet Nam is at much less hero’s like Captain Freeman.
    Tight Lines,

    Old Navy Vet 59/63 Bill Nelson

  6. John Rodriguez Says:
    April 20th, 2010 at 7:18 pm

    THOSE ARE THE TRUE HERO’S OF THIS COUNTRY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALL THE ARMED FORCES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  7. JUNEBUGG Says:
    April 20th, 2010 at 7:19 pm

    GOD BLESS THE HEROS

  8. bob greenlief Says:
    April 21st, 2010 at 8:52 pm

    good to here stories about us nam vets R.L.G. USMCkeep up the good work and news

  9. Irv Says:
    April 22nd, 2010 at 11:22 am

    Thanks guys for the feedback
    If you have some good stories send them to me
    I might even post them.

  10. WAYNE HAMMONS Says:
    April 24th, 2010 at 2:54 pm

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