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MEL's -PASSION- sparked by -WE WERE SOLDIERS-
"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Forum/PAX-TV ^ | 2/25/2004 | "ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer

Posted on 02/25/2004 6:03:21 AM PST by ALOHA RONNIE

NEVER FORGET

JOHN KERRY called American Soldiers fighting for Freedom during the Vietnam War ..Terrorists.

.......vs......

MEL GIBSON decided he had to do his "PASSION of the Christ" while filming "WE WERE SOLDIERS" ..our true story about we American Soldiers fighting for Freedom during the Vietnam War. *

(* This per STEVE McVEETY, Producer of "The PASSION of the Christ" -&- "WE WERE SOLDIERS" ..on the PAX TV Network, February 22/24, 2004)

Signed:.."ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer / Vet-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965

NEVER FORGET


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To: All; Parrot_was_devastating; ladtx; Calpernia; reformjoy; Ron C.

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NEVER FORGET

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So long, HUEY: The fading ‘sounds of the Vietnam War

http://www.ArmchairGeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68504

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ALOHA HUEY, Old Friend, WELL DONE..!!!

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NEVER FORGET

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221 posted on 10/05/2008 8:46:43 AM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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To: ALOHA RONNIE

I searched FR but didn’t see this,
I just got an Email from a friend that said Ed Freeman
died last Wednesday.
Here is the copy.

Ed Freeman

You’re an 18 or 19 year old soldier. You’re critically wounded, and dying in the jungle in the Ia Drang Valley , 11-14-1965. LZ Xray , Vietnam . Your Infantry Unit is outnumbered 8 - 1, and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 or 200 yards away, that your own battalion commander has ordered the MediVac helicopters to stop coming in.

You’re lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns, and you know you’re not getting out. Your family is halfway around the world and you know you’ll never see them again. As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day.

Then, over the machine guns, you faintly hear the sound of a helicopter, and you look up to see a Huey, but it doesn’t seem real, because no MediVac markings are on it.

Ed Freeman is coming for you. He’s not MediVac, so it’s not his job, but he’s flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire, after the MediVacs were ordered not to come.

He’s coming anyway.

And he drops it in, and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 2 or 3 of you on board.

Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire, to the doctors and nurses.

And he kept coming back...... 13 more times..... and took about 30 of you and your buddies out, who would never have gotten out otherwise.

Medal of Honor Recipient Ed Freeman died last Wednesday at the age of 80, in Boise , ID ......May God rest his soul.....

Didn’t see this anywhere before this.

A real hero is gone.
Tet.


222 posted on 10/08/2008 4:50:46 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: All; tet68

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Thank you very much, tet68, for sharing the passing of an authentic American Hero & multi-lifesaver ED “Too Tall” Freeman.

For now & forever,

They are still soldiers...

http://www.ArmchairGeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66978

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223 posted on 10/08/2008 7:23:07 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com11)
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To: All; tet68

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CLARITY =

To Our Parents (from Children of Veitnam Veterans)

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2147674/posts

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224 posted on 12/13/2008 7:39:00 PM PST by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com11)
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To: All; submarinerswife; ExTexasRedhead; Calpernia; Coleus; reformjoy

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Just for the LOVE of FREEDOM,

Actor GARY SINESE now lovingly gives us:

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BROTHERS AT ARMS (The Movie)

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2201124/posts

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225 posted on 03/08/2009 6:32:01 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com11,,)
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To: ALOHA RONNIE

Truth bump!


226 posted on 03/16/2009 3:18:13 PM PDT by reformjoy
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To: All; reformjoy

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NEVER FORGET

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What makes an American Veteran..?

Lifesaving Hero RICK RESCORLA:

Landing Zone X-Ray/1965
Landing Zone Albany/1965
World Trade Center/1993-2001

Above & Beyond Citzen Medal Awardee/
March 25, 2009

http://www.RickRescorla.com

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NEVER FORGET

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227 posted on 03/18/2009 9:16:12 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com11,,)
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To: All; Lexington Green

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NEVER FORGET

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CLARITY =

9/11 Lifesaver RICK RESCORLA: Above & Beyond Citizen Medal Awardee

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2212064/posts

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NEVER FORGET

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228 posted on 03/23/2009 7:33:46 AM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com11,,)
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To: All; Conspiracy Guy; submarinerswife; reformjoy; Lexington Green; conservogirl; freema; fatima; ...

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NEVER FORGET

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The GIFT of FREEDOM =

Living & Loving in FREEDOM

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The LOSS of FREEDOM =

The JOURNEY from the FALL

http://www.JourneyFromTheFall.com

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308949/posts

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1806248/posts

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NEVER FORGET

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229 posted on 05/05/2009 7:08:48 AM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com11,,)
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To: ALOHA RONNIE

Viva Freedom!


230 posted on 05/05/2009 4:05:23 PM PDT by reformjoy
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To: All; ExTexasRedhead; reformjoy; Coleus; Kathy in Alaska; backhoe; Richard Poe; Alamo-Girl; ...

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NEVER FORGET

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Because LOVE is indeed the only reality, not HATE:

It may well be that...
The entire future...
Of the whole Human Race...
May well hinge on our finally,

...during this new 21st Century of ours,

FREEing the women of the world...
Into being all that...
They already are...
In GOD’s Eyes...
And all that they can be...
While here on the Planet Earth...
...and beyond.

For all our own best sakes..!!!

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NEVER FORGET

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231 posted on 10/18/2009 7:07:56 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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To: ALOHA RONNIE

Thanks for the ping!


232 posted on 10/18/2009 8:12:31 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: ALOHA RONNIE

Excellent..thank you!


233 posted on 11/11/2009 10:54:30 AM PST by xuberalles (Quality, Conservative Novelties: The Right Stuff! http://www.zazzle.com/xuberalles)
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To: reformjoy; All

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Freedom!

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383659/posts

Indeed!

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234 posted on 11/11/2009 3:41:17 PM PST by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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To: All; xuberalles

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JESUS IS CHRISTMAS

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412279/posts

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235 posted on 12/21/2009 4:12:52 PM PST by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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To: All; reformjoy; Lexington Green; mdcrandall; Boston

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CLARITY =

” We Were Soldiers” accuracy?

http://www.ArmchairGeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=89808

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236 posted on 03/06/2010 7:07:56 PM PST by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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To: All; submarinerswife; mdcrandall; ExTexasRedhead

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CLARITY =

“We Were Soldiers” accuracy?

http://www.ArmchairGeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=89808

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237 posted on 03/13/2010 8:33:09 AM PST by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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To: ladtx; All

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NEVER FORGET

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CLARITY =

Once a soldier and young,
..They are still soldiers

http://www.ArmchairGeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66978

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NEVER FORGET

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238 posted on 03/31/2011 6:02:54 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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To: Randall; All

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Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans. WELL DONE!!!

http://www.lzxray.com/Ronnie_3.jpg

GARRY OWEN, Sir (U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment Salute)

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239 posted on 03/31/2011 6:39:51 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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To: All; Randall; submarinerswife; reformjoy; Joy Angela; conservogirl

NEVER FORGET

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We all have a Saving Grace.
Even MEL despite his Alcoholism.
Even OKSANA despite her own human frailties.

So, despite all, MEL’s accurate and compelling depiction of our loving sacrifices made for one another in a Valley of Death long ago and far away continue to inspire others today upon seeing “WE WERE SOLDIERS “

A Story so compelling it personally inspired the filming of the ultimate Story of LOVE and SACRIFICE...

“The PASSION of the CHRIST”

True stories not to be lost in a sea of headlines.

MEL’s Saving Grace...

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1085111/posts

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NEVER FORGET

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240 posted on 05/18/2011 1:36:42 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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