Ed (Too Tall) Freeman
Last
year we lost another hero who had managed to survive to the ripe old age of 80
years. You may remember him as the
Medal Of Honor recipient detained and searched at the Phoenix airport several
years ago because he had on his person his medal, which was assumed to be a
“suspicious” object worthy of much scrutiny by the ignorant airport security
personnel there.
You
may also remember him because of the depiction of his character in the highly
acclaimed film, starring Mel Gibson, “We were Soldiers Once . . . and
Young.” I did a review on the film some
years ago and posted it here.
You
may have no idea who he was – a pity if this is the case.
The
fact is that the medal was a long time coming to Capt. Freeman. He didn’t receive it until 2001, after
having earned it in 1965.
In
this site’s continuing effort to educate and inform, I invite you to learn
about such individuals as Capt. Freeman and will supply such links as these to
facilitate the process of honoring as many heroes as I can.
Please
see these links about Ed (Too Tall) Freeman:
http://www.mishalov.com/Freeman.html
http://www.military.com/news/article/moh-recipient-ed-freeman-dies.html
http://dailynightly.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/07/11/265756.aspx
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29186886
God
Bless America and her endless list of heroes!