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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*snark*
Dinner is cooking, and he won’t tell me when it’s going to be ready, but I think I have as much as a half an hour.
*HUGS*
Hi Rottn!
Keeping well?
I miss your cute self!
And give the Big Guy a hug from me for fixing the food! Does he do “take out?”
Hi Fan!
Trying to.
You’re so sweet!
I miss you too!
He doesn’t suffer “take out”.
He usually eats twice a day, and always cooks an actual tasty meal.
(:-D)
Yup.
Same here.
:-)
Is it still warm where you are?
ping...
He’s a “keeper,” for sure!
I used to eat once a day, and that was supper. I’m trying to get back to that, so your DH gets kudos from me!
I’m glad you were sensible enough to marry someone who knows how to cook...*ahem*...;o]
It was mid 80s here today. Sunny with scattered clouds. Supposed to be raining by the morning though.
AI-yi-yi!!!
I can do all but the licorice (upper left)...I give my share of that to my favorite sister
Mmmmmm!
I love licorice allsorts!
How did you know?
How y’all!
I’ve been in a tizzy all afternoon, with Girl Scouts, dinner, babies, catz, Girl Scouts paperwork, babies, and catz.
Currently, the babies are in bed, the Girl Scouts paperwork is almost done, and the catz are having a small altercation. The kitten wants to be friends with Wednesday. HA! We tried that, too.
Oddly enough, Wednesday likes Anoreth’s Goth friend from down the street. Maybe it’s a black-cat thing? We suggesting she might want to take Wednesday home :-).
Ai, caramba!
Not the RAIN??? (I hope it stays in the Spring Mountains...)
*smirk*
Dinner is ready.
Have a wonderful evening Sis.
XO
Wild guess....
XO to both of you!
If the kitten would play hard to get, Wednesday would be all over her.
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