Ed Freeman was an Infantryman during the Korean War as well. He fought in Pork Chop Hill, the very equivalent of pouring a blender of frogs over an ant hill. His refusal to obey an order, an order issued on the side of preserving assets was the greatest example of one simply acting a human being. Under fire, circumstances induce ones belief in compassion for the suffering, over the dead. Most who do not know, believe that hero's are born through their deeds although those who are recipients of ones good deed see what is know as grace through humanity. Men are alive today resulting from his actions. Through his humanity, he is their hero. His passing could never properly be respected through our doom thirsty media, but in those close to him, his honor shall always be carried on. Now we can share in that responsibility. God speed Ed and from all of us sir, Welcome Home.
the rihanna-brown incident is more important. sorry. granted, a story doesnt have to be important to get the same play, like that holloway murder a while back. you just chose a poor example.
i did some reading on this guy, and wow, what he did was amazing. A True American Hero. Rest In Peace. on the hip hop thing, there are tons of hip hop artists out there who are credible artists. Its just a shame that down south the music has been so watered down and all you hear on the radio is crap like "do the stanky leg" and people who are not versed in true hip hop only associate crap like that with real hip hop.
I have total respect for all of our M.O.H. honorees, and appreciate what they have done. The accolades of what they did are well deserved, but there is a point where you can overdo it, and you just need to leave these guys alone and let them go back into their regular lives. The reason I say this is because I don't know if it is right to eternally immortalize these guys above all other soldiers when there are scores of dead troops who were just as brave, and did things just as heroic, but didn't get special recognition for it. They just become a casualty number, and those that mourn them are often only close friends and families. The MOH winners probably know this more than anyone else, and winning a MOH has to trigger very mixed and complicated emotions in the recipients. The M.O.H. winners deserve their time in the sun, and the recognition and accolades awarded to them. But I don't think that we need to have a massive bombardment of press whenever anyone of them dies. Let that moment be private and for the families. To elevate certain soldiers far above the status of others whose bravery may not have been observed or passed along to higher ups doesn't seem right, especially the ones lying in the ground. M.O.H. winners should be honored and recognized, but then left alone to their private lives so that the focus of their entire life can be about something other than constant recollection of their horrific memories of war. RIP Ed Freeman Sincerely, Resident Liberal Spinmeister
FTR, MOH recipients do not "win" the medal, they receive it as an award. They are commonly referred to as MOH recipients. If asked, they will be the first to tell you there were no winners in their respective campaigns.
this crossed my mind last night when i was watching the history channel, the show was patton 360. I completely agree with you, and i asked my wife, what do you think of when you think of ww2, she said Pearl Harbor, D Day, and the Pacific. And i think alot of people tend to forget about the campaign in Africa. There were scores of soldiers that died in Africa and it seems that this has been forgotten. That is just one case of this, all of our soldiers should be commended. What really pisses me off is our soldiers who have fought and have been injured cannot receive the medical attention they need when they get home, or they cant get a descent job. A good friend of mine was a sole survivor on a HumV that ran over a road side mine, he was burnt all over his body, and cannot do simple things anymore, every day is hell for him and doctors have him doped up on oxycontin, or pain patches, which build up his tolerance and basically turn him into an opioid addict. The only thing that eases his pain is marijuana, and the state of texas will not allow medical marijuana. How is this fair?
