TIME TO REFLECT
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TIME TO REFLECT
G'day Fellas,
On the 25th our Nation stops and takes time out to Remember the sacrifices others have made so as we can enjoy that Liberty so hard won.
This day is called ANZAC Day (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps).
I'd just like to say you fellas were there shoulder to shoulder and we continue to do so and shall for ever more.
This fella typifies all that; Time to Reflect.
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You're a 19 year old kid.
You're 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 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.
You look up to see a Huey coming in. But ... It doesn't seem real because no MedEvac markings are on it.
Captain Ed Freeman is coming in for you.
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.
Even after the MedEvacs 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 3 of you at a time on board.
Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire to the doctors and nurses and safety.
And, he kept coming back!! 13 more times!!
Until 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.
He took 29 of you and your buddies out that day. Some would not have made it without the Captain and his Huey.
Medal of Honor Recipient, Captain Ed Freeman, United States Air Force, died last Wednesday at the age of 80, in Boise, Idaho ...
May God Bless and Rest His Soul.
Just a foot note on this type of thing:
I bet you didn't hear about this hero's passing, but we've sure seen a whole bunch about Boatpeople, Detention Centres, The Green Movement and the bickering of Parliament over Carbon Tax..
Medal of Honor Winner Captain Ed Freeman
Shame on the American/Australian and world media !!!
I'm sure they'd like a glass lifted for them'
Cheers,
Reg.
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On the 25th our Nation stops and takes time out to Remember the sacrifices others have made so as we can enjoy that Liberty so hard won.
This day is called ANZAC Day (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps).
I'd just like to say you fellas were there shoulder to shoulder and we continue to do so and shall for ever more.
This fella typifies all that; Time to Reflect.
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You're a 19 year old kid.
You're 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 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.
You look up to see a Huey coming in. But ... It doesn't seem real because no MedEvac markings are on it.
Captain Ed Freeman is coming in for you.
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.
Even after the MedEvacs 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 3 of you at a time on board.
Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire to the doctors and nurses and safety.
And, he kept coming back!! 13 more times!!
Until 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.
He took 29 of you and your buddies out that day. Some would not have made it without the Captain and his Huey.
Medal of Honor Recipient, Captain Ed Freeman, United States Air Force, died last Wednesday at the age of 80, in Boise, Idaho ...
May God Bless and Rest His Soul.
Just a foot note on this type of thing:
I bet you didn't hear about this hero's passing, but we've sure seen a whole bunch about Boatpeople, Detention Centres, The Green Movement and the bickering of Parliament over Carbon Tax..
Medal of Honor Winner Captain Ed Freeman
Shame on the American/Australian and world media !!!
I'm sure they'd like a glass lifted for them'
Cheers,
Reg.
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Aussie spec Brazilian built 2005 (US 2003) F-250 Superduty 4x4 7.3Ltr Powerstroke: PHP FU2 6 Pos’n Chip, 6 x ISSPRO Promax Guages, AIS Intake, Zoodad, Cowl Hood, AIH Delete, DIY CCV, BTM muffler, MBRP 4” Black Tip, RiffRaff FRx,HPx,OCR, JWVB, ARB Air Lockers Front & Rear, V10 Tranny cooler in series with Stock Tranny cooler, Deep Tranny Pan, ARB Bull Bar, Edge Evo (for PIDs & Codes only), Long Range Fuel Tank, VMS in Dash GPS Street & Off Road Nav, Toyo OPAT AT 305 70R 16”on 10” Rims, Moog Greasable Ball Joints, Tough Dog Steering Stabiliser, HD Suspension & Leveling Spring for GVWR (GVM) Upgrade to 5,000Kg.
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this is a repost of a "junk" email from several yrs ago. BUT it is based on fact. the main fact being that Captain Ed Freeman died in August of 2008. all the rest is true.
It appears all the media is pretty much the same world wide. we get 15 minute sound bites about real heroes or important things, then the rest of the hour is devoted to the lastest actions of Charlie Lohan Woods. Thats why I spend my time TV news time watching the PBS news hour.
But I digress. Thanks for reminding us that REAL HEROES still exist.
Barney
It appears all the media is pretty much the same world wide. we get 15 minute sound bites about real heroes or important things, then the rest of the hour is devoted to the lastest actions of Charlie Lohan Woods. Thats why I spend my time TV news time watching the PBS news hour.
But I digress. Thanks for reminding us that REAL HEROES still exist.
Barney
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