OT: Please read about a real hero....

Don't even think about putting your military service on a job application,.. People were afraid of the junkie, blood thirsty, baby killers, That our "objective Media" spread the word about,...People treated you like you were a mad dog ready to attack at any second.

A Hippy that did nothing, living in a commune for the last 3 years was sure to be hired before you were.

There were a lot of amazing stories and Hero's, the world will never know about,... because they simply didn't want to hear....

As much as I would like to see this thread last,... sadly,... I think it will offend somebody, and it will be locked down......

Don't mean a thing,...
Just don't matter,.....

And in the words of Forest Gump, "That's all I have to say about Viet-Nam"

 

Man, reading that, my eyes welled up and a chill went up my spine. A true American Hero. What a shame most people will never here about him !!!

 

Sometimes the thump-thump-thump of one of those egg beaters,.. sounds like the wings of Angles,....

 

Harms Way...I remember, and I've always felt bad for the men and women that fought in Vietnam, and were treated so badly by us when they got home...either by deed, or by omission...either spit on or completely ignored. There were a couple incidents in which some of our guys maybe got too zealous...or more like stressed out, and some women and children got killed over there. Consequently, America categorized all Vietnam soldiers as crazed killers.

My wife's brother was part of a helicopter crew in Vietnam. He served his time, then rejoined for another four years, doing the same thing. He died there. His name was Donald Hanning.

 

Good story about a great man. I never got to meet him but I've heard lots of stories about him and others...and was present when others did similiar heroic acts. We can't go back and "fix" our homecoming but there are enough of us that we can make sure that our military coming home today is treated better than we were.

 

easy with the political shit noob, youll take a good thing and ruin it if you keep that up...

 

when dedicated 57,709 the revised 58.044 last time I checked 58.272.. In 1968 over 400 thousand in country at least that is what I was told........... SEA 66/67/68..........

 

I heard about him and you're right. Pedophiles and dead, doped up pop stars get front page coverage.

 

Don't blame America for that it was guys like Sen. John Kerry lying to Congress in April of 1971 and slanted reporting by Dan Rather and others that painted us with that brush.

Forrest Gump got it right, so that's all I'm saying.

NAM class of 72

 

Rest in Peace Hero.
Phu Bai 1962

 

My father in law was in Nam. I have known him 21 years and he has spoken about it twice. He was army artillery. One story was of a friend, on the crew of the next gun over. They had been shelling pretty hard when a ceasefire was called. They had lunch, his friend had chocolate chip cookies from home and shared with everyone. When they went back to firing, his friend's gun had a shell still in it and when they fired it off, it barrel exploded, killing the whole gun crew.

Another story was of his camp getting over run after midnight. He shot his way out of his tent, then made it to a foxhole. The whole camp was wiped out. The VC was shooting dead and wounded soldiers. He was in the hole with 2 bodies and had to lay still when they shot him in the back.

He has scars on his back from the bullets and rarely takes off his shirt.

I can only imagine what soldiers had to see and experience, only to give back what they fought and died for.

I appreciate what every one of them has and is doing for us.

 

Here we see the hated "drug addict/baby killing, U.S. serviceman" putting fear into the hearts & minds of the Vietnamese people,.... who never wanted us there,.... Well,.. that's at least what you were reading over here, wasn't it ?


This is my old pal Kenny,... Just a big kid at heart,.. Made new friends in just about any village,... He always had stories (In broken Vietnamese, acting it out like international charades) or lil' games for them... Trying to give them just a hint of something that was very very rare there,... A genuine smile & a hint of what childhood was suppose to be like,..... Kenny and all the guys like him, were all hero's in my book.

Like I said,... lots of stories & all kinds of Hero's,...

 

YOU, my friend, are too modest.

And a TRUE HERO in my book.

For facing the utter hell of Ia Drang Valley with the 7th Cav, under the command of LTC Hal Moore.

Thank you for your service, Steve.

 

Even though I started my time in the Army in the 80's I still do the same as the Huey was the first bird I got to ride in as a soldier.

 

Yes Captan Ed Freeman is a hero. Just think how many families he saved from losing there loved ones and the children that were born later . It took true guts to do what he did knowing he most likely wouldn't survive this. WOW I thank a vet every chance I get. For you guys that served in our military , THANK YOU.

 

this is eaxactly why i try to shake hands with those uniformed when i see them in airports or wherever. i will not allow them to be teated as my generation was.

 

I'm just another very grateful American who likes cars.
Thanks to ALL who served, anytime, anywhere

 

I'm speechless. Rest in Peace Capt. Freeman while i sit here and wish that i could've been a member of your Honor Guard.
Thank you.

 

And a tear.....

 

Carl is being polite----the media is comprised of a collection of liberal a$$holes that are without guts or honor. It's just as well they don't write about heroes.

 

Just one minor correction. It was 1965, not 67.

My wife's father, SFC Glenn Kennedy, was the acting First Sergeant for Charlie Company. He was KIA in May 66 during another engagement.

 

Agree with every post!

If you come in contact with these guys, I have a suggestion. I work at an Auto dealer as a service advisor and always come across Vets, and since a lot of my customers are old timer WWII vets I bought a book about wwII and have them sign it for me. I have 2 books and both have over 20 signatures, everything from medics to pilots to POW's to scouts to sailors and on. Even a sig from Col R.E. Cole who was Jimmy Doolittles co-pilot in the Doolittle Raid, who has been a customer of mine for 5+ years!

I just bought books on Korea and most recently Vietnam to start getting sigs in those. I do it to have something to pass on to my kids one day and also because the look on these guys faces when someone shows appreciation for what they did is priceless. You really just never know what the guy you are talking to has been through.

Prayers for all of our Military, young and old!!!

 

R.I.P. to a true American Hero. My uncle was in WWII and is slowly fading from Parkinsons. He never talks a bout the war but was in the Battle of the Bulge and has told my dad some about it. After he is gone, his memories will be also. God Bless the American Soldier!

 

GOD bless him....we who were over there KNOW what we owe the medivac pilots....stan

 

Chesty Puller was awarded 5 Navy Crosses, but he did not receive the Medal of Honor.
Those chopper pilot saved our asses time and time again. Godspeed Captain Freeman.
1st Battalion 1st Marines Delta Co. RVN 67-68

 

For all of you young guys with vets in your family, a great book that might help you understand is titled "Somebody Moved". I was not there, but lost a couple of good friends there. One real good friend was a medic there and has shared [after 30 years of friendship] some of the stories that still haunt him today. His family has never heard them so I send the book to each of them them to help them understand. He is on the HAMB but would not want me to id him. Like some others who have posted, he was one of the true heros of our times.

 

I read the book, "We Were Soldiers...". Freeman was a hero, so many Vietnam vets were heroes because they went when it was unpopular. If you were there I totally respect your sacrifice and I try to talk to and thank as many Vietnam vets as I can. Thank you to all that have served but especially to those combat veterans.

 

I had the good fortune to work with a gentleman who was a crew chief on helicopters during that time (Keith H.). He actually came home shorter than when he went to Vietnam from multiple crashes. The few stories he told would give you white hairs just hearing them.

Heroes, each and every one of those men who took to the air.

 

what people consider a "hero" nowadays is a joke! that's the real deal right there. RIP Ed W Freeman!