"I got through six boxes in about 15 minutes and we were winning the fight," he said. "They started it. We were going to finish it." ...Hields said: "It turned out the bullet had smashed a rib and gone out of me again without touching any internal organs which was very lucky. It was just a flesh wound really."
Gotta love that kid.
43 posted on
03/10/2008 7:59:20 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
"I got through six boxes in about 15 minutes and we were winning the fight," he said. "They started it. We were going to finish it." ...Hields said: "It turned out the bullet had smashed a rib and gone out of me again without touching any internal organs which was very lucky. It was just a flesh wound really." Gotta love that kid.
Then there's Sgt. Talaiasi Labalaba at Mirbat, one of 9 SAS men against 250-plus enemies during the Dhofar Rebellion in Oman, 19 July 1972.


68 posted on
03/12/2008 8:42:57 AM PDT by
archy
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