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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That is some silly stuff! Another one that grates me is “irregardless.” GAH!!!
I laughed until I hyperventilated and had to sit on the floor and cry.
Shannon frisked around chasing her ball for a while, but then she got to close to Wednesday and got called a rude name. Wednesday came out and acted friendly; I realized the bowl was empty!
Now that they’ve had some nibble, they’re going back to sleep.
I tell ya!
My funny bone almost broke on that stuff!
Back from church. DP bought another lizard to replace the one that died yesterday. Can’t fall short of our pet quota!
Oi!
Another lizard??? What, pray, tell, is a “pet quota” for a family of 10?
I just made some killer lagagna, and if my daughter is transferred tomorrow, I’ll meet her at the new hospital with a good-sized chunk of it!
Bill and Anoreth are making spaghetti, but they’ve taken the radio in the kitchen, so I don’t know what we’ll end up with. There’s some leftover Beef Dish from Sunday ...
We have ten pets right now: four fish, two lizards, two gerbils, and two catz.
Yoiks!
I’m “over quota,” then...two catz and two birdz! LOL!
What kind of birdz do you have?
Parakeets. Butch and Lola. Green and blue. They are a lot of company when the catz are saying rude things to me!
Anybody here?
Hellll-OOOoooo....
Why would any sane person be here at this hour?
I dunno...since this is the Undead Thread, most folks are better off dead.
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Hi, Bob!
Hi, ‘Face.
You should see the leaves I’m ignoring in my yard!
Yah?
Big piles of them? I always liked falling leaves. Mostly because I didn’t own the yard the leaves were falling in!
Big piles of them? Heck yeah!
Last weekend I caught sight of several squirrels with plastic forks trying to clean up the mess so they could get to the acorns.
Oi, vey!
Squirrels? We don’t have them out here...
If we did, they’d be hiding in the casinos with plastic forks, spoons and bowls, trying to skim the pots...
They do that here.
Bilingual, too.
Ai-yi-yi...ca-ram’ba
As far as I can tell...everyone involved was asked if they wanted to volunteer for this mission...no on was ordered to obey.
Coming from a long line of military men (and women) I can say for sure that anyone who is on the Front Lines is there because they believe they have a job to do.
If that job requires their lives, then that is what they will give. Were I younger, I would be there, doing what I could.
Never underestimate the courage of the men and women who serve this country!
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