Posted on 05/28/2006 7:52:26 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
VAILS GATE, New York (AP) -- Cpl. Robert Frink was captured in Germany during the final months of World War II. He and two comrades were forced to swap uniforms with their Waffen SS captors, lined up and shot in the back of the head.
Miraculously, the bullet entered Frink's neck and exited his cheek without shearing his spine or jugular vein. He even felt a German kick him as he lay bleeding. "Believe me, I played dead!" After his captors left, Frink fled, found some Canadian troops, and was saved.
The wound earned him a Purple Heart.
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HEY ALL YOU VETS:
There are no words, and "Thank You" is not enough.
America is free because of YOUR risk, and YOUR sacrifice.
May God's hands cover you, and your family.
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