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Passing of Ed "Too Tall" Freeman
Posted by Melgyver
on Sunday, August 24, 2008 11:17 PM
I recieved an E-mail that Medal of Honor recipient Ed "Too Tall" Freeman passed away on Aug. 20. Ed and Bruce Crandall both recieved the MOH for their courage under fire during repeated flights into the Ia Drang Valley to deliver supplies and take out wounded. Bernie Cobb had the honor of serving with both and was good friends with them. The movie "We Were Soldiers" put them in the limelight over 30 years later. Wally Nunn informed me there are 101 living recipients of the Medal of Honor. He is Chairman of the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation.
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