![]() ![]() Department of Defense: Military Defense News. ![]() The Military Trivia Challenge: Register and test your knowledge about military history. The Daily News Briefing : Today’s News for the U.S. Important links for updated military/defense information: OtisĬlick here for the sound effects that accompany this memorial tribute to Ed. What memories this clip evokes as it probably does for all of us ole helicopter pilots! Cpt. I cannot resist one of my favorite YouTube videos as a tribute to our military. 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. 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’ll never see them again. militarys highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Battle of Ia Drang during the Vietnam War. You’re lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns, and you know you’re not getting out. 'Too Tall' Freeman (Novem August 20, 2008) was a United States Army helicopter pilot who received the U.S. 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. Captain Ed Freeman served second-in-command of A Company, 229th Aviation Battalion in 1965-66. with introduction, notes and bibliography, under the title Sydneys First Four Years in Sydney in 1961 (revised ed., 1964). Captain Ed Freeman NovemA Company, 229th Aviation Battalion, Vietnam War veteran, awarded Medal of Honor. He sailed in the transport Charlotte on as one of the two captain-lieutenants of the. May God Bless and Rest His Soul.You’re a 19 year old kid. The year before Watkins birth Fisher Tench became a freeman of Chester on the nomination of the. Medal of Honor Recipient, Captain Ed Freeman, United States Air Force, died last Wednesday at the age of 70, in Boise, Idaho. Some would not have made it without the Captain and his Huey. Ed ONeil ( Al Bundy married with children) is so funny in this. This John Hughes movie is one of his best, along with his 'Ferris Buellers Day Off and Planes, Trains and Automobiles. This movie had been very hard to get for whatever reason, I mean for a long time and no way to stream it either. He took 29 of you and your buddies out that day. I Love this Movie, One of my all time favorites. And, he kept coming back!! 13 more times!! Until all the wounded were out. ![]() Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire to the doctors and nurses and safety. And he drops it in and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 3 of you at a time on board. Even after the MedEvacs were ordered not to come. 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. It doesn't seem real because no MedEvac markings are on it. Murray, that sicko Sandusky, and a 72- day sham marriage. I bet you didnt hear about this heros passing, but weve sure heard a whole bunch about Whitney Houston, Lindsay Lohan, Dr. Then - over the machine gun noise - you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter. 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. An interesting accomplishment for a man initially deemed too. 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. Captain Ed Freeman would receive a Medal for his service as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam. You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns and you know you're not getting out. Medal of Honor Recipient,Captain Ed Freeman, United States Air Force, died at the age of 70. 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. Some would not have made it without the Captain and his Huey. You are critically wounded and dying in the jungle somewhere in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam.
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