Once a story like Major Ed Freeman's become an urban legend, they will never get a chance to be ignored. While Ed's part of the story is true, I find it a shame that the story gets exploited by someone with an axe to grind against an "uncaring" media.
Get more of the real story at Snopes.com , the website that researches urban legends. here's the link to Ed Freeman's page on Snopes:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/freeman.asp
Any time you get one of these "pass it on" emails, try checking it out on Snopes. Most of them are not very accurate and many are flat out lies.
Fair winds,
Eric
Marina del Rey, CA
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "Andrew Gilchrist" <andrew@...> wrote:
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> LZ (landing zone) X-ray.
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> helicopters to stop coming in.
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> Your family is half way around the world, 12,000 miles away, and you'll
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> Medal of Honor Recipient,Captain Ed Freeman, United States Air Force, died
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