And, he kept coming back! Thirteen more times! Until all the wounded were out. Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire to the doctor's and nurses and safety. He's coming anyway, and he drops it in and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load three of you at the time on board. Even after the MedEvacs were ordered not to come. He's not a 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. it doesn't seem real because no MedEvac markings are on it. Then -over the machine gun noise- you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter. As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day. Your family is half way around the world, 12.000 miles away, and you will never see them again. You're lying there listening, to the enemy machine guns and you know you're not getting out. 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. It's November 11, 1967.LZ (landing zone) X-ray. You're critically wounded and dying in the jungle somewhere in the central highlands of Vietnam. It's a shame that the media couldn't be bothered to honor Captain Ed Freeman. bet you didn't hear about this hero's passing. Medal Of Honor recipient, Captain Ed Freeman United States Army, died at the age of 70, in Boise, Idaho. Some would not have made it without the Captain and his Huey. He took 29 of you and your buddies out that day. No one knew until the mission was over that the captain had been hit 4 times in the legs and left arm.
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May God rest his soul….Ĭlick here for the article and the Medal of Honor Citation. Medal of Honor Recipient, Ed Freeman, died last Wednesday,, at the age of 80, in Boise, ID…. No one knew until the mission was over that the Captain had been hit 4 times in the legs and left arm. Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire to the Doctors and Nurses and safety.Īnd, he kept coming back!! 13 more times!! And took about 30 of you and your buddies out, who would never have gotten out. 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.Īnd he drops it in, and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 3 of you on board. Then, over the machine gun noise, you faintly hear that sound of a 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.Ĭaptain Ed Freeman is coming in for you. Your family is half-way around the world, 12,000 miles away, and you’ll never see them again. You’re lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns, and you know you’re not getting out. 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 critically wounded, and dying in the jungle in the Ia Drang Valley, 11-14-1965, LZ X-ray, Vietnam.
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