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He is a VERY lucky man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also a very smart and quick thinking man. How many people would have just gone into shock and bled out? He not only stopped the bleeding but thought to document the whole thing. No better educational material than that.
Rick
Rick
1964 M151A1
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
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incredible story and a very lucky guy- i wonder why he didn't mention the burning sensation.
I was lucky once when a AK-47 round came thru the windshield, hit my rocket sight and shattered it, sending shrapnel all around the aircraft and hitting me, my copilot, and the gunner behind me. When the stuff hit me in the head all i felt was the burning..... then i killed the vc who fired the round and several of his buddies, too, by letting loose 10 rockets on his position. Even with out the sight anything close would have gotten them.
I would have thought the 45 exit hole would have been much larger than that shown. He was very very lucky.
I was lucky once when a AK-47 round came thru the windshield, hit my rocket sight and shattered it, sending shrapnel all around the aircraft and hitting me, my copilot, and the gunner behind me. When the stuff hit me in the head all i felt was the burning..... then i killed the vc who fired the round and several of his buddies, too, by letting loose 10 rockets on his position. Even with out the sight anything close would have gotten them.
I would have thought the 45 exit hole would have been much larger than that shown. He was very very lucky.
Author M-151 MUTT, The Vietnam Jeep
Paper edition http://www.blurb.com/books/1646321
IOS ebook iBookstore: http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id598605516
2 M151A2s, M416 trailer, M274A5 Mule,
Former Army Aviator, Bien Hoa, VN 1968-69
Mustang Gunship Platoon Commander
68th Assault Helicopter Company 'Top Tigers'
Central Florida and France
Paper edition http://www.blurb.com/books/1646321
IOS ebook iBookstore: http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id598605516
2 M151A2s, M416 trailer, M274A5 Mule,
Former Army Aviator, Bien Hoa, VN 1968-69
Mustang Gunship Platoon Commander
68th Assault Helicopter Company 'Top Tigers'
Central Florida and France