Posted on 11/17/2004 5:45:19 PM PST by razorbak
Wounded U.S. Soldier -- Keeps Fighting -- Reassures Mom.
From: Brenda Frahm [she goes to my church]
Date: 11/17/04 14:22:51
Hi, I just got off the phone with my son Nathan in Iraq. The reason he called was to tell me he had been wounded today in a battle. He is okay, praise the Lord. He said they were in a horrible battle this morning and all of a sudden something hit him and knocked him to the ground. His buddy asked if he was okay, and Nathan, being Nathan said yes, he was ok. The bullet went in the chest side of his right armpit. He packed it with a dressing (since he is the medic he has the stuff he needs with him) and continued to fight in this fierce battle, using his weapon for the next 6 hours!
Meanwhile his camies were turning noticibly red on his right side. After the battle, they tried to extract the bullet, but after what he said was "too much probing" they decided to leave it in and just pack it and let it heal, just making sure it had not grazed his lung.
He spoke to his commanding officer and requested not to go anywhere for sick leave and recuperation since he is the senior corpsman and the other guys need him. He is the one that has to make the decisions on what to do with all the other wounded. He does not work out of a hospital, he is on the front lines fighting side by side with the Marines and patching them up when they get wounded.
Tomorrow he will be out on the line with the Marines again as they patrol and engage the enemy. Pray for him that his pain will not be too bad and he will heal quickly. His last words to me before we said goodby were "Don't worry Mom, God is in control."
Re- reading that, I see that it wasn't a pass through. A low velocity hit maybe (tired bullet)
Good thing his name wasn't John Kerry. A simple purple heart wouldn't have been good enough for Kerry if he had a real wound like that.
BTTT
If your son is an FMF Corpsman, he is my Hero. U.S.M.C. Viet Nam 67-68
God Bless him.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1280679/posts
reflections of another young marine.
GOD,DUTY,HONOR,COUNTRY.
OOH-RAH!
SEMPER FIDELIS!
GODSPEED!
Prayers for your very brave son.
I'm proud of Nathan.........he comes from "good stock".
May God Bless him and his devotion to duty and our Country! Pray for him daily! (Brenda and I go back to 8th grade......she's a "Peach"). Curt Brennan USCGR
Nathan is my husband and quite a man! My daughter and I miss him very much. We can't wait to have him come home. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. I know God IS in control, so he WILL be home soon. Nathan is nothing less than amazing. Angie & Katerra
He is the son of a lady who goes to my church.
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