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Jul 24, 2023 09:41:54   #
alberio Loc: Casa Grande AZ
 
The highest honor to a true Hero.

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Jul 24, 2023 09:52:28   #
Canisdirus
 
One of my neighbors was a heli rescue pilot...in Korea and then two tours in Vietnam.

Needless to say...nothing spooked him.

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Jul 24, 2023 09:56:20   #
anotherview Loc: California
 
As a military veteran, I prefer to say that I served my country.
Curmudgeon wrote:
The word hero has become cheapened over the years. If you are a firefighter or cop and are wounded or killed in the line of duty you are a brave man/woman but not a hero, you are just doing the job you were hired to do. If you exceed those duties then, and only then, are you a hero.

Medivac pilots were brave men who risked their lives every time they made a pickup but that was what they were supposed to do. They were men just doing their jobs. Medivac pilots making pickups on hot LZs were heroes, every last one of them, weather they got a medal or not. They knew the risks and went in anyway.

Ed Freeman was a hero in the truest sense of the word. He wasn't flying medivac and picking up wounded comrades was not even his job. Still he went in, time after time, rescuing the fallen.
The word hero has become cheapened over the years.... (show quote)

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Jul 24, 2023 10:00:25   #
mr spock Loc: Fairfield CT
 
He redefines the word hero. And why is there not a statue of him somewhere in this country?

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Jul 24, 2023 10:05:51   #
mr spock Loc: Fairfield CT
 
After a bit of research I discovered he actually died August 20, 2008. We should publish his story every year on his birthday.

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Jul 24, 2023 10:12:12   #
Lucasdv123
 
Speaking of heros.why did God create the firemen.So policemen would have a hero too.

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Jul 24, 2023 10:40:41   #
Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI
 
Wow... That is the kind of event that sits with you your entire life. I don't even know how to wrap my head around it.

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Jul 24, 2023 10:58:49   #
jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana
 

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Jul 24, 2023 12:32:58   #
srg
 
Ava'sPapa wrote:
Gone. May he Rest in Peace


That brought a tear to my eyes.

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Jul 24, 2023 14:02:49   #
singleshot Loc: Georgia
 
Ava'sPapa wrote:
Gone. May he Rest in Peace


Men, and women of that caliber are indeed rare. We, all of us, owe them much. I salute you captain, rest in peace soldier.

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Jul 24, 2023 15:06:39   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
I'm glad he returned and lived out his normal life. I hate hearing about heroes who died while being heroic.

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Jul 24, 2023 20:03:04   #
DPW Loc: Monroe, NH
 
This man should forever be mentioned in history books!

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Jul 24, 2023 20:56:13   #
OneShot1 Loc: Wichita, KS, USA
 
Amen!

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Jul 25, 2023 00:32:48   #
scallihan Loc: Tigard, OR
 
🙏🙏

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Jul 25, 2023 12:37:29   #
Tom70 Loc: NY
 
God bless him, there were many more that went beyond there listed job to help and save there brothers, we all thanking God they were there

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