Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
Posted on 08/02/2010 8:26:40 PM PDT by marshmallow
A soldier who stood on a landmine and was shot in the chest in Afghanistan is convinced a rosary saved his life in exactly the same way as his great-grandfather towards the end of the Second World War.
Glenn Hockton, 19, who is now home from a seven-month tour of duty with the Coldstream Guards in Helmand Province, was on patrol when his rosary suddenly fell from his neck.
His mother Sheri Jones said today: 'He felt like he had a slap on the back. He bent down to pick up his rosary to see if it was broken. As he bent down he realised he was on a landmine.'
Glenn had to stand there for 45 terrifying minutes while his colleagues successfully managed to get to him.
Mrs Jones, from Tye Green, Essex, said she was physically sick when her son rang to tell her of his ordeal.
His great-grandfather Joseph 'Sunny' Truman also credited a rosary with saving his life in a World War II blast that killed six members of his platoon.
He was with the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers and after being captured towards the end of the war, he and other prisoners were forced to march away from the advancing Allied armies.
Mrs Jones, 41, recalled: 'He was walking across a field with half a dozen of his platoon. He bent down to pick something up and was the only one to survive a sudden bomb blast. He had picked up a rosary.'
Before Glenn was deployed to Afghanistan, she said he asked for a rosary to take with him.
His mother and stepfather Danyal Jones have also kept a bullet which embedded itself in Glenn's body armour when he was shot on a separate occasion. He was winded, but otherwise he was unhurt.
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Great stories.
I know someone who was shot in the chest and “credits” a St Christopher medal as the last piece of armor to stop the bullet. I also know that the canopy of his jet took a lot of energy out of the bullet but it makes a great story.
This is about the tenth post that I have read on FR about this incident. Maybe someone should teach this guy and his family how not to get shot?
His family is in the line of fire to defend your right to speak your nonsense. Show some respect.
Not getting shot is pretty easy, actually. You just don’t volunteer, then sit on your arse and make snide comments about those who did.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=rosary
This post is new to me.
First time I have seen it glad that marshmallow posted it again.
Thanks for posting this, first time I saw it. Wow.
Somebody in that family has been praying the Rosary. Nice to get reminders of who is watching out for us, and always pointing us towards her Son.
Never!!
I think he was just trying to make a little joke. It didn’t go over very well, obviously.
This is also the first time I’ve seen this story.
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