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Military Medical Team Makes the 'Toughest Call' (GI IMPALED BY BOMB - courage abounds!!!)
ABC News ^ | 9/22/07 | Ruth Reiss

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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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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To: sionnsar
"(Machts nicht... I'm off likely until I've landed in Germany and who knows when then?...)"

Guten abend. Drink at least one for me. I'll be monitoring.

481 posted on 10/05/2007 6:23:41 PM PDT by NicknamedBob ("The enemy of my enemy is an anemone." -- Nemo, and Nemo's father.)
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To: NicknamedBob; sionnsar
No, I’m not “that” Bob.

He’s number 13013.



I’m number 880.



"that" Bob is a Johnny-come-lately Bob.
482 posted on 10/05/2007 7:04:08 PM PDT by rottndog (Let us NEVER forget those who have paid the highest price, that we may live in FREEDOM!)
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To: rottndog

Oh, he’s been around a while. But I don’t think he admits to being older than dirt.


483 posted on 10/05/2007 7:27:09 PM PDT by NicknamedBob ("The enemy of my enemy is an anemone." -- Nemo, and Nemo's father.)
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To: NicknamedBob

Don’t need to admit to something that is blatantly obvious.


484 posted on 10/05/2007 10:47:03 PM PDT by rottndog (Let us NEVER forget those who have paid the highest price, that we may live in FREEDOM!)
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To: rottndog
Being older than dirt is a part of my resumé.
485 posted on 10/06/2007 7:01:26 AM PDT by NicknamedBob ("The enemy of my enemy is an anemone." -- Nemo, and Nemo's father.)
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To: sionnsar; Tax-chick

The Loonie was $1.02 US yesterday.

The price difference is due to taxes and monopolies.


486 posted on 10/06/2007 8:12:39 AM PDT by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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To: NicknamedBob

487 posted on 10/06/2007 8:16:39 AM PDT by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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To: fanfan
The price difference is due to taxes and monopolies.

How interesting.

488 posted on 10/06/2007 8:26:39 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("The onions were doing the funky chicken; they were 98 cents a pound.")
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To: NicknamedBob

How yu, Bob? Other than being older than dirt, I mean.


489 posted on 10/06/2007 8:27:34 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("The onions were doing the funky chicken; they were 98 cents a pound.")
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To: paulat

Makes me proud to be an American!!


490 posted on 10/06/2007 8:29:44 AM PDT by MissEdie (On the Sixth Day God created Spurrier)
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To: Tax-chick
How interesting.

Or frustrating, depending on which side of the border one lives.

I can buy Canadian beer cheaper in the US than I can here. :-(

491 posted on 10/06/2007 8:42:04 AM PDT by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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To: NicknamedBob; Tax-chick; fanfan; Monkey Face

So how many candles are on your birthday cake when you are older than dirt?


492 posted on 10/06/2007 9:01:57 AM PDT by rottndog (This Tagline currently closed for maintenance and rehabilitation.)
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To: rottndog

Does it matter? The cake and candles are probably fossilized!


493 posted on 10/06/2007 9:04:50 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Money can't buy friends, but you can get a better class of enemy.)
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To: rottndog; Monkey Face; fanfan

Enough to set off the fire alarm!

Not much luck with the yard sale. I gave out two voter registration forms and two Spanish Mass flyers. Anoreth didn’t get any takers on magic wands; not many teens out. She can sell them at the church festival in two weeks.


494 posted on 10/06/2007 9:06:47 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("The onions were doing the funky chicken; they were 98 cents a pound.")
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To: rottndog; Tax-chick; fanfan; Monkey Face
"So how many candles are on your birthday cake when you are older than dirt?"

None. They don't make candles in that kind of quantity. Nor could you get the last one lit before the first one ran out of fuel.

We just make do as best we can. The ice cream is more important anyway.

495 posted on 10/06/2007 9:09:16 AM PDT by NicknamedBob ("The enemy of my enemy is an anemone." -- Nemo, and Nemo's father.)
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To: NicknamedBob

The catz are annoyed with us.


496 posted on 10/06/2007 9:14:41 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("The onions were doing the funky chicken; they were 98 cents a pound.")
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To: NicknamedBob; rottndog; Tax-chick; Monkey Face
And the hat!

Don't forget the hat!


497 posted on 10/06/2007 9:42:12 AM PDT by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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To: NicknamedBob; rottndog; Tax-chick; Monkey Face; tuliptree76; Harmless Teddy Bear; Lady Jag; ...

498 posted on 10/06/2007 9:48:00 AM PDT by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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To: NicknamedBob; Tax-chick; Monkey Face

Well now atomic candles have plenty of half life....

Problem is you can’t just blow ‘em out.

What’s the favorite flavor of ice cream in the cosmos?


499 posted on 10/06/2007 10:01:51 AM PDT by rottndog (This Tagline currently closed for maintenance and rehabilitation.)
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To: fanfan

A little early for us, but Happy Thanksgiving to You fanfan!


500 posted on 10/06/2007 10:03:20 AM PDT by rottndog (This Tagline currently closed for maintenance and rehabilitation.)
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