--- title: "Army Vet Uses Rifle To Rescue Bald Eagle Clint Eastwood-Style" date: "2016-07-05" modified: "2016-07-05" authors: - name: "Adam Linehan" link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/adamlinehan.md" url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-vet-uses-rifle-rescue-bald-eagle-clint-eastwood-style/" categories: - "Army" - "Military Branches" - "News" --- # Army Vet Uses Rifle To Rescue Bald Eagle Clint Eastwood-Style ![]() In the final scene of Sergio Leone’s critically acclaimed spaghetti western, “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” Clint Eastwood’s character, Blondie, “The Good,” saves Tuco, “The Ugly,” from the hangman’s noose by severing the rope with a single rifle shot. A similar scene played out in real life last week, when an Army veteran used his sharp-shooting skills to free a bald eagle from certain death. According to [a post]() that appeared on the Facebook page of Jackie Gervais Galvin, her husband, Jason Galvin, spotted the eagle dangling by a few inches of rope from a tree outside of their home in Rush City, Minnesota. The bird had apparently been there for two and a half days and was presumed dead by local authorities. How it got there remains a mystery. (ISIS?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o36m-2TPwck After the authorities told him that there was nothing they could do to save the majestic creature, Galvin, a lover of freedom, decided to take matters into his own hands. After all, with July 4th only a few days away, taking up arms to liberate the national bird of the United States was his patriotic duty. So, Galvin borrowed a .22-caliber rifle with a scope from a neighbor and got to work. In her Facebook post, Galvin’s wife claims he fired the rifle 150 times before the eagle broke free and plunged 75 feet into the woods below. None of the rounds struck the bird. The couple then wrapped the eagle in a blanket, put it in a dog kennel, and rushed it to the University of Minnesota’s Raptor Center. “We named the eagle Freedom and hope to be able to release him near his home once he is back to health!” wrote Jackie Galvin. “What an amazing hero, my Army Veteran saving an eagle on 4th of July Weekend!” ## More - [Bald Eagles Train To Battle Drone Army]() - [Florida Man Jumps In Pond To Rescue Eagle From Jaws Of Alligator]() - [Army infantry officer calls new XM7 ‘unfit for use as a modern service rifle’]() - [Sailor who ripped rifle away from Club Q gunman earns Navy’s top non-combat honor]() - [UNSUNG HEROES: This Army Sergeant Set Himself On Fire Rescuing 6 Soldiers]() - [Air Force colonel recounts ‘Dude 44’ rescue that put almost 100 troops inside Iran]() - [How the Union took to the skies in the Civil War]() - [How a call to the VA’s crisis hotline may have helped rescue 2 US vets captured in Ukraine]()