You are critically wounded and dying in the jungle somewhere in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam .
\nIt’s November 11, 1967.
\nLZ (landing zone) X-ray.
\nYour 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.
\nYou’re lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns and you know you’re not getting out.
\nYour family is half way around the world, 12,000 miles away, and you’ll never see them again.
\nAs the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day.
\nThen – over the machine gun noise – you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter.
\nYou look up to see a Huey coming in. But.. It doesn’t seem real because no MedEvac markings are on it.
\nCaptain Ed Freeman is coming in for you.
\nHe’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.
\nEven after the MedEvacs were ordered not to come. He’s coming anyway.
\nAnd he drops it in and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 3 of you at a time on board.
\nThen he flies you up and out through the gunfire to the doctors and nurses and safety.
\nAnd, he kept coming back!! 13 more times!!
\nUntil 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.
\nHe took 29 of you and your buddies out that day. Some would not have made it without the Captain and his Huey.
\nMedal of Honor Recipient, Captain Ed Freeman, United States Air Force, died last Wednesday at the age of 70, in Boise , Idaho
\nMay God Bless and Rest His Soul.
\nI bet you didn’t hear about this hero’s passing, but we’ve sure seen a whole bunch about the thug Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin,
\nThe gov. shut down “what difference does it make!!!.)
\nand the bickering of Congress over Health & OBAMA CARE!
\nBUT ZIP ABOUT THE PASSING OF
\nMedal of Honor Winner Captain Ed Freeman
\nShame on the media !!!
\nNow… YOU pass this along.
\nHonor this real hero.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You are 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 … Continue reading Pass it on<\/span>