Kevin,
My luck is that I sustained a hit that moved through chest-wall hitting no rib and not nicking/penetrating my lung and then exiting out my back just past my underarm!
I got pressure dressing's and kept firing.
When I was hit in my leg,different story all together!!
The round displaced/had torn-away muscle from my quad in my thigh when it exited.
No bone hit but it dropped me and took the fight out of me right now!
It was all I could do to kick and squirm to get to cover!
I went into shock while doc(spec-4 medic)tried to stop the bleeding.While I was getting worked on a Sheridan let loose with it's 152mm main gun and everyone cheered.
I woke up at Walter Reed one week later.
No major bones or blood vessels were hit but the bullet "became unstable" when it encountered the large muscle mass(I was back then 6'2"/265lbs with a 9% body-fat) and either tumbled or broke apart is what was explained to me as I started physical therapy to get use back of my leg.
Seventeen years this December and I still favor that leg.
Would I do it again?
Hell Yes!!!!!!!
I've shaken hands with Ronald Reagan(1983) and George Bush(1990) as they came to Walter-Reed to see troops that were injured in service to this country!!!
That is also why at 42-years old I'm retired already. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
I donate my time over at the VA with the "Wounded-Warriors" program.
Talking with and helping however with the young guys coming home with injuries that they will carry for the rest of their days so we all stay safe.
Mike
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