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Posted on 09/23/2007 7:46:56 AM PDT by paulat
Unexploded Rocket-Propelled Grenade Impales Army Private in Afghanistan By RUTH REISS
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One RPG skidded past Lt. Mariani's vehicle. All of the vehicles had to quickly get out of the "kill zone." But before they could get to safety, two rockets hit Pvt. Moss' Humvee.
Staff Sgt. Eric Wynn, 33, the soldier in the front passenger seat, felt one slice through his face. Moss remembers the truck practically lift up. He was thrown up against the Humvee and then moved to return fire.
"I smelled something smoking and I looked down ... and I was smoking," he said.
Wynn turned to tell Moss where to fire and saw the tail fins of the RPG sticking out of Moss' side.
Roughly the length of a baseball bat, an RPG travels at the speed of a bullet. At the front end is the warhead -- a large grenade. The detonator and fuel are contained in the shaft. On the back are its fins, pieces of metal that stick out like legs on a camera tripod. The RPG is the weapon of choice for many of the world's guerillas.
Luckily for Moss, the company medic Spc. Jared Angell, 23, who the soldiers call "Doc," was in his Humvee
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A Human Bomb The RPG that had plowed into Moss' lower abdomen stretched from one hip to the other. If the RPG went off, it would kill everyone within 30 feet of him. Yet Angell stayed close, bandaging his wounds and stabilizing the weapon so that movement wouldn't cause it to explode.
Moss was still fully conscious, so Angell ordered him to not look down at the injury. He didn't want Moss to panic.
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I had a long-haired German shepherd, and he was HUGH! His paws measured 4-1/2” across.
Florida was like that a few years ago.
I remember ash falling from the sky like snow when we lived in San Diego in the 70’s. It went on for weeks.
Well, folks. It’s time to turn to and have a field day, so I’ll see y’all in about an hour.
The smoking lamps are lit.
Same thing happened in the fires of ‘03...so much burned so fast that the ash came down like snow. It was surreal.
Good luck!
I’ve left a message with the Girl Scouts’ office. If they give me too much flack, I’ll declare Five O’Clock Somewhere *real* early :-).
Shannon is chasing plush pompons around my ankles. She needs her claws trimmed!
At his largest point, Max was 150lbs. We fed him table scraps and he got kind of lazy after I went into the Marines.
perhaps i should address YOU as "General", as that must take "military discipline" to get ANYTHING accomplished!!!
free dixie HUGS,sw
What follows Caviar Emptor.
Or ¿Møvîng Dæ?
Morning, all. Only here briefly. Two overlapping teleconferences down already, and #3 starts in 14 minutes. And I'm going to have to depart that one early for another event.
Out in the shop most of the day for me too.
I’m done! YAY, ME!!!
Another 90 minutes plus today, including sweeping, and spraying for crickets and spiders, but at least I don’t have to worry about the winter making a mess of my books.
Yea for you! I’m on my way to nap.
Would that ‘twere I.
Yah. I’m the guy in blue. My arms are protesting the work I’ve been doing. Maybe tomorrow, I’ll be the guy in orange....
Aye aye, full stop.
Engines to idle.
Kinganil’s realm of woe our destination?
Hey, Darks!
Speaking of which, I just back from hearing the governor we elected last time announce his candidacy again. This time there should be the slim margin that allowed the Dems to steal the election.
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