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Military Medical Team Makes the 'Toughest Call' (GI IMPALED BY BOMB - courage abounds!!!)
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| 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
[snip]
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
[snip]
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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To: Monkey Face
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1,901
posted on
10/30/2007 10:50:40 AM PDT
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rottndog
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1,902
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10/30/2007 10:57:20 AM PDT
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rottndog
(Oh, the Wind....How It Blows....Where it starts....No One Knows....)
To: sionnsar
Good news out of Canada, eh?
Kyoto accord, RIP Really good news, Sion.
Our government is moving slowly, but they're moving. :-)
1,903
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10/30/2007 11:00:45 AM PDT
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fanfan
("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
To: rottndog; Monkey Face
Close to the top of the page back to you.
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10/30/2007 11:02:49 AM PDT
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fanfan
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To: fanfan
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1,905
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10/30/2007 11:10:00 AM PDT
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rottndog
(Oh, the Wind....How It Blows....Where it starts....No One Knows....)
To: fanfan
1,906
posted on
10/30/2007 11:48:35 AM PDT
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Monkey Face
(It's time for Hallowe'en, so practice safe hex.)
To: sionnsar
Well, we do have to move the thread after tomorrow.
1,907
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10/30/2007 11:54:51 AM PDT
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darkangel82
(And the band played on....)
To: Monkey Face
Hi Sweety!
Are you still not well?
1,908
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10/30/2007 11:59:48 AM PDT
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fanfan
("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
To: fanfan
The story of my life! LOL!
I just over-did it the last few weeks, what with my daughter’s post surgical care, and my need to get my things out of boxes and into weatherproof tubs before the weather turns bad.
If I stay low for the next couple of days, I should be OK by the weekend. I hope. If I be a good girl...
1,909
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10/30/2007 12:13:42 PM PDT
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Monkey Face
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To: Monkey Face
If I be a good girl...You're always good!
1,910
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10/30/2007 12:16:51 PM PDT
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fanfan
("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
To: fanfan
You only say that because it’s true!
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Monkey Face
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To: fanfan; Monkey Face
If I be a good girl...
You're always good!
SAY IT AIN'T SO!
1,912
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rottndog
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1,913
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10/30/2007 4:33:53 PM PDT
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darkangel82
(And the band played on....)
To: rottndog
SAY IT AIN'T SO!"And when she was bad, she was marvelous!" ~~ Mae West
1,914
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Monkey Face
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1,915
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rottndog
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To: rottndog
1,916
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Monkey Face
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To: Monkey Face
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1,917
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rottndog
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To: rottndog
I just heard Robert Goulet passed away.
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Monkey Face
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1,919
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sionnsar
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To: Monkey Face
1,920
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sionnsar
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