I bet you didn't hear about this hero's passing,Medal of Honor Winner Captain Ed Freeman.įound this on LinkedIn of all places. Medal of Honor Recipient, Captain Ed Freeman, United States Army, died at the age of 81, 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. And, he kept coming back!! 13 more times!! Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire to the doctors and nurses and safety. He's coming anyway.Īnd he drops it in and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 3 of you at a time on board. He's not MedEvac so it's not his job, but he heard the radio call and decided he'sįlying his Huey down into the machine gun fire anyway.Įven after the MedEvacs were ordered not to come. ![]() 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. ![]() Your family is half way around the world, 12,000 miles away, and you'll never see them again.Īs the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day. 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. You are critically wounded and dying in the jungle somewhere in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam.
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