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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It rained for the better part of the entire last month here. Newscasters were comparing it to Seattle.
Fanfan is preparing for a performance of “Narnia.”
Rush will play the Lion. Fan will wear the beautiful robes of the Witch, and her weather closet will stand in for the Wardrobe.
Everybody ready?
HTB:
Can I be the lamp post?
Bob:
I’d like to play the Fawn.
Right down my alley. (Heh, heh, heh ...)
Narnia?
Could we do some thing I know, like The Wizard of Oz.
Rush could play Toto.
Or, we could put his new larger cone on him, and he could play the cowardly lion.
I would want to be Dorothy, The Good Witch of the West, or possibly grow a mustache, and play the Mayor of Munchkin land.
What do you think?
Hey!
*smooch*
How are things going, these days?
Got any 2’s?
Funny can be dangerous.
Heh.
Did you peek?
Only two this time.
Your turn again.
I’m saving mine. Go fish!
Looks like our friends are southeast of the one in Rancho Bernardo... they may be okay.
Literally, I couldn't be happier...
We had to get a bigger cone for the ‘leg eating’ dog.
His skin is starting to heal, but he has big wounds. Point being, he’s really itchy, and kept tearing his bandages off.
I tried Cayenne, but it didn’t help.
Perhaps we should add more spice to his regular diet.
He seems to like it.
:-)
LOL!
Good for you! We’ve all been pulling for you, so we’re all happy that things are looking up. I’m glad that some of the stress is gone, and that you’ll be able to buy a home soon. It should be a buyer’s market there, now.
Keep us posted.
LOL!
You could always try hot sauce....
Congratulations!
I think the mustache would be great.
Hi! We had a General (but not Universal) nap, and I feel much better. Wednesday turned up and snoozled me for a while.
Now I have to go to Wal-mart.
You got it?
That’s great DC!
Congrats!!!
PS. Don’t let them send you to Toronto....it’s like NY city in the late 80’s.
That’s really great!
Actually, we aren’t planning on moving in to a new house until next spring. Possibly March. In laws want us to stay on through the winter so they can snowbird...
1,234!
You have no pairs.
Go fish.
BTW, I could do justice to the Mayor role.
I’m feeling short and fat lately, so I just need to work on the baldness and the mustache.
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