Brons, a tank driver, had gotten bored driving and decided to switch places with another crew member and use the 7.62 mm machine gun on top of the 70-ton Abrams tank. (Remember that...he was "bored"...)
Iraqi trucks loaded with ammunition and weapons were blowing up all around the unit as it made its way through Baghdad's southern suburbs. (Hm, I really can't fathom that being all that "boring"???)
"I don't remember hearing the explosion, but I saw the light," said Brons, who is married and has an 18-month-old daughter. When he looked down at his left hand, he saw his little finger hanging by a shred of skin and a large gouge out of his ring finger. His buddies later found pieces of his wedding ring scattered around the tank. They are saving them for him."
Let's see here...he gets hit in the hand and his buddies find his wedding ring all around the tank? Seems to me if MY tank got hit, I'd be movin' it away from the zone where it got tagged and chasing the SOB who nailed the tank!
Ya maybe smell some media hype (bolstered by some military "political correctness"?) This account doesn't quite hold water (very similar to PFC Lynch!)