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20mm in the face and no Purple Heart
On one mission a 20mm shell came into the cockpit of Willie, ricochet around a
bit and andas it lost speed it bounced off our coplot's. nose. The nose swlled up like a grapfruit but the skin was not brokem No Purple Heart. Read, "I'm Hit, I'm Hit on my website for the entire story. Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer |
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If I was there I would have stabbed him in the nose with my knife, just
enough to scar him, and win the sympathy of Democratic voters 30 years later... I got my first PH 3 months after I arrived in country. By then we had lost about 21 guys in various endings, and my alert light was always on, but I had to lead the men, or they'd think I was a pussy. I wasn't a pussy, but I valued life more than I probably should have. Anyway, I was crawling across a field to flank another unit who was coming up the middle behind us. I crawled and fell into a pit. When I landed in the bottom, this NVA gomer pulled out his pistol and shot me in the chest. I thought I was dead, and so I stuck my bayonet in his right eye and pulled the trigger, just as he shot me again in the leg. I lay back, gingerly looked down to see the damage, and there was nothing. The pistol round hit me in the flak vest, and the leg wound was no worse than anything a kid wouldn't have if he fell out of a tree. But my fatigue pants looked like someone threw a flare on me as it was all spotted and burned from the pistol blast. The gomer was just taking a break and eating some rice. I bet his momma is real ****ed. Anyway, the first sgt is really ****ed because I'm taking so long! "Lt! You ****! move your ass now!" **** Sgt! Give me a ****ing break! Anyway, all my noise had spooked everyone, and I think all the NVA hit the tunnels, and were in China by the time I got across the road. My CO put me in for the medal, because I needed a good R&R, and everyone who got a PH in our outfit had a 3 day pass to CRB, which usually lasted 5 days because the helo's were always full. "ArtKramr" wrote On one mission a 20mm shell came into the cockpit of Willie, ricochet around a bit and andas it lost speed it bounced off our coplot's. nose. The nose swlled up like a grapfruit but the skin was not brokem No Purple Heart. Read, "I'm Hit, I'm Hit on my website for the entire story. |
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