Real american hero

Waffles · Post by **Waffles** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:52 pm

Michael Jackson dies and it's 24/7 news coverage. A real American hero
dies and not a mention of it in the news. The media has no honor:

Ed Freeman
You're a 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 half 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 unarmed 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 on Wednesday, June 25th, 2009,
at
the age of 80, in Boise , ID. May God rest his soul.

delslo · Post by **delslo** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:19 pm

Theres a real human. RIP

HardCore97 · Post by **HardCore97** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:09 pm

delslo;188910 wrote:Theres a real human. RIP

you mean hero? it is pretty sad that music artists and movie stars take up more time than the true heroes who actually deserve to be talked about and remembered

mike93hatch · Post by **mike93hatch** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:15 pm

michael jackson was KNOWN world wide. if there was media coverage on almost every death in the united states they wouldnt be able to keep up, there would be a few days lag on reporting each one. no, michael jackson wasnt a hero. maybe to some, but who says you have to be a hero to be recognized? we are all equal imo.

HardCore97 · Post by **HardCore97** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:21 pm

i see your point but some are more worthy than others. soldier>child molester

Waffles · Post by **Waffles** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:22 pm

That is a very valid point mike.

delslo · Post by **delslo** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 7:12 pm

HardCore97;188918 wrote:you mean hero? it is pretty sad that music artists and movie stars take up more time than the true heroes who actually deserve to be talked about and remembered

nope I meant HUMAN
most of us pussies are not nearly the life form this guy was. He was doing what we all should do.

mike93hatch · Post by **mike93hatch** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 7:40 pm

HardCore97;188921 wrote:i see your point but some are more worthy than others. soldier>child molester

yea and good news is better than bad news but TV only reports the bad news.

Diz · Post by **Diz** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:09 pm

R.I.P. that is an outstanding human being a true hero god rest his soul.

SikofFalln · Post by **SikofFalln** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:05 pm

R.I.P. Ed.

And FYI... Although MJ is be no means a hero in the same sense at Ed, he has donated millions to charity over the years.