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Ed Freeman

Discussion in 'WWII Obituaries' started by ghost_of_war, Mar 18, 2009.

  1. ghost_of_war

    ghost_of_war Member

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    Not necessary WW2, but worthy anyways IMO:

    You're an 19 year old kid. You're critically wounded, and dying in the jungle in the Ia Drang Valley , 11-14-1965, LZ X-ray, Vietnam . 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 lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns, and you know you're not getting out. Your family is 1/2 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, and you look up to see an un-armed Huey, but it doesn't seem real, because no Medi-Vac markings are on it.


    Ed Freeman is coming for you. 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.


    He's coming anyway.


    And he drops it in, and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 2 or 3 of you on board.

    Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire, to the Doctors and Nurses.


    And, he kept coming back.... 13 more times..... And took about 30 of you and your buddies out, who would never have gotten out.


    Medal of Honor Recipient
    , Ed Freeman,died last Wednesday at the age of 80, in Boise, ID ......May God rest his soul.....


    I bet you didn't hear about this hero's
    passing, but we sure were told a whole
    bunch about some Hip-Hop Coward
    beating the crap out of his "girlfriend".
     
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  2. ArkTraveler5411

    ArkTraveler5411 recruit

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    Not to detract from this mans Service to his country, but unless the medal has been awarded after 1997 he was not a recipient. I have a complete listing of all 3394 recipients up through the Vietnam war, Somalia and the gufl wars are of course excluded. His name is not on the list. Please do not degrade military honors, by allowing incorrect information to be passed on as the truth. Like I said if the medal was awarded after 1997 Then my information maybe wrong. But I have signatures of most of the living recipients and the book that their society puts out listing all medal of honor recipients and no one by that name is listed, either in Vietnam or Korea or even WWII.

    Maybe he did deserve it but to my knowledge it was not awarded.
     
  3. Fgrun83

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    FREEMAN, ED W.
    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress,
    March 3, 1863, has awarded in the name of The Congress the Medal of Honor to
    CAPTAIN ED W. FREEMAN
    UNITED STATES ARMY​
    for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty:​
    Captain Ed W. Freeman, United States Army, distinguished himself by numerous acts of conspicuous gallantry and extraordinary intrepidity on 14 November 1965 while serving with Company A, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). As a flight leader and second in command of a 16-helicopter lift unit, he supported a heavily engaged American infantry battalion at Landing Zone X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley, Republic of Vietnam. The unit was almost out of ammunition after taking some of the heaviest casualties of the war, fighting off a relentless attack from a highly motivated, heavily armed enemy force. When the infantry commander closed the helicopter landing zone due to intense direct enemy fire, Captain Freeman risked his own life by flying his unarmed helicopter through a gauntlet of enemy fire time after time, delivering critically needed ammunition, water and medical supplies to the besieged battalion. His flights had a direct impact on the battle's outcome by providing the engaged units with timely supplies of ammunition critical to their survival, without which they would almost surely have gone down, with much greater loss of life. After medical evacuation helicopters refused to fly into the area due to intense enemy fire, Captain Freeman flew 14 separate rescue missions, providing life-saving evacuation of an estimated 30 seriously wounded soldiers -- some of whom would not have survived had he not acted. All flights were made into a small emergency landing zone within 100 to 200 meters of the defensive perimeter where heavily committed units were perilously holding off the attacking elements. Captain Freeman's selfless acts of great valor, extraordinary perseverance and intrepidity were far above and beyond the call of duty or mission and set a superb example of leadership and courage for all of his peers. Captain Freeman's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the United States Army.


    Medal of Honor Recipients - Vietnam (A-L)




    It does not give the date though for when he received the award.
     
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  4. Fgrun83

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    double post, sorry
     
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