{"id":2962,"date":"2012-05-28T10:00:59","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T10:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/?p=2962"},"modified":"2012-05-22T20:46:04","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T20:46:04","slug":"sergeant-ed-eaton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/americainuniform\/2012\/05\/sergeant-ed-eaton.html","title":{"rendered":"Sergeant Ed Eaton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2012\/05\/ed-eaton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3046\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2012\/05\/ed-eaton.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"232\" \/><\/a>Military Heroes &#8211; U. S. Army<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Ed Eaton<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While the word \u201chero\u201d may hold a different meaning to many, I think we all can agree that Sergeant Ed Eaton demonstrated immense courage and heroism the night his helicopter got shot down during the Vietnam war. At only nineteen years old, Ed single handedly fought off two separate groups of Viet Cong with nothing more than a broken sniper rifle and the cover of the night \u2013 an act that not only saved his own life, but the life of his fellow comrade in arms&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>For the full story. . .<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackfive.net\/main\/2012\/04\/choosing-honor-ed-eaton.html\">click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Provided courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Blackfive.net\"><strong>Blackfive.net<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Military Heroes &#8211; U. S. 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