"Captain Ed Freeman, thirty-six, fought on Pork Chop Hill in Korea as an enlisted man and won a battlefield commission there. At six feet six inches, Freeman was four inches taller than the maximum height limit for Army pilots at the time he went to flight school, hence his nickname: 'Too Tall to Fly.' Crandall and Freeman had been a close team for years, sharing flying duties over some of the world's toughest terrain. Together they had flown the Arctic, the deserts of the Middle East and North Africa, and the jungles of Central and South America on mapping missions for the Army. The only thing the two of them were ever known to argue about was which of them was the second-best helicopter pilot in the world. Pop Jekel describes the Too Tall Ed of that era as 'a good old shit-kicker whose poker winnings could pay off half the national debt.'"...p 109
"We started receiving heavy fire on our approach [into the emergency LZ]. I [Crandall] notified Big Ed and he calmly came back with: 'Roger. What do you want me to do about it, Snake? I kind of thought this might happen.'"
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NEVER FORGET
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More “WE WERE SOLDIERS” Battle of IA DRANG-1965 Lifesavers:
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HAL G. MOORE: The Legacy and Lessons of an American Warrior
http://www.ArmchairGeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14752
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RICK RESCORLA: Help honor 911 Lifesaving Hero
http://www.ArmchairGeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24361
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