[Joe Boucher]

Worst thing about this is he has shrapnel in his butt. His buddies will never let him live down the fact. And he is just of of a couple of hundred thousand heros.
GOD bless you, Marine.

[SJSAMPLE]

Butt injuries suck, but they're very common in combat. When you're lying in the prone position capping Tangos, you butt is remarkably exposed. He's in good company. Both Lee Marvin (USMC, WWII) and James Garner (US ARMY, Korean War) were shot in the ass.

[SSN558]

"Worst thing about this is he has shrapnel in his butt."

Yup, he will get some teasing over this. Forest Gump syndrome. I had a friend that got hit in the ahem "rear end" and he had to stand up at the bar for about a month.