Vietnam war bullet removed from Marine's groin.

[torchthebitch]

BTW, that's Royal, not US.

.A war hero who underwent surgery for a routine groin operation was stunned when doctors retrieved a bullet that had been lodged in his leg for 40 years.
Former Royal Navy Commando Robert Mitchell, 63, was injured in two separate battles in the Far East during the 1970s.
He was later awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for bravery but continued to feel pain in his groin.

He was then ordered upriver into Cambodia and Vietnam, where he ended up serving with US forces on the Vietnamese border.
Mr Mitchell claims he was one of 35 British Commandos taking part in covert operations in south Vietnam for six months.
The Government has never officially acknowledged the presence of British troops in the war, but it is believed there were elite soldiers tagged to US and Australian battalions.
In Vietnam he made hit-and-run raids across the border with US troops to attack supply lines, ammunition dumps and bridges.
It was during one of these raids that he was blown up - after a US forces mortar team dropped rounds among their own troops as an attack commenced.
He said: 'We were storming a Viet Cong village which we also believed had a big ammunition dump.
'I got hit by a mortar and was blown up. I had shrapnel in my face and shoulder - I knew I was hit but I didn’t think it was bad.
'I was carrying bodies back to the helicopters when one of my own guys stabbed me with morphine and threw me into the back of the helicopter.
'I think I could have been shot in the groin then but just not realised. I was running on adrenaline then I was completely out of it for a number of days afterwards.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...lodged-inside-man-40-years.html#ixzz1rxJ0m6wH

 

[islandman]

I thought perhaps you were explaining vetteman's chronic crankiness.

 

[MonaLittle]

I thought perhaps you were explaining vetteman's chronic crankiness.

/hijack

How's the new grill, Islandman ?

 

[torchthebitch]

The claim should be treated with caution. There are a few inconsistencies. Not least that the bullet looks like a British 7.62mm as used in the SLR then in service. US forces were using 5.56mm and the VC were using 7.62mm short.

 

[islandman]

/hijack

How's the new grill, Islandman ?

Good to go in T-minus 2.5 hours.

Chicken paillard is on the menu.


/hijack

 

[MonaLittle]

one more hijack/

That sounds awesome!
The grill sounds awesome, too

Enjoy!!

 

[Frizzle_Fry]

The claim should be treated with caution. There are a few inconsistencies. Not least that the bullet looks like a British 7.62mm as used in the SLR then in service. US forces were using 5.56mm and the VC were using 7.62mm short.

Don't rule out M14's and dragunov's. However less likely that it came from one of those two weapons it is a possibility.

 

[Nerdy_Harold]

The claim should be treated with caution. There are a few inconsistencies. Not least that the bullet looks like a British 7.62mm as used in the SLR then in service. US forces were using 5.56mm and the VC were using 7.62mm short.

Guys get hit with friendly fire all the time

 

[TonyClifton]

This thread reminds me of the plight of Shōichi Yokoi

Shōichi Yokoi was a Japanese sergeant in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second World War and was among the last three Japanese holdouts to be found after the end of hostilities in 1945.

He was found in the jungle of Guam in January 1972, almost 28 years after US forces had regained control of the island in 1944.

When interviewed by Associated Press, the Japanese sergeant said, "Do you think I am a dumb ass and live in the jungle eating nuts and berries? I live comfortably here and don't have a worry in life. Every evening I just go down to Kentucky Fried Chicken and peruse through their dumpster. Once in a while I stop over at Burger King or Mac Donald's"

 

[mark197205]

Guys get hit with friendly fire all the time

Possible, but how unlucky would it be to be hit by another of the very small number of British special forces soldiers operating in the theatre?

 

[torchthebitch]

You are quite likely to be hit by those behind you. There is always some cunt giving it the Beirut unload.

 

[unregistered]

 

[Peregrinator]

Guys get hit with friendly fire all the time

If I were subjected to a British attachment like that, I would have shot him in the dick, too.

 

[koalabear]

While going upriver into Cambodia with a bunch of teabag brits....well never mind, it's a boring story.

 

[torchthebitch]

The claim should be treated with caution. There are a few inconsistencies. Not least that the bullet looks like a British 7.62mm as used in the SLR then in service. US forces were using 5.56mm and the VC were using 7.62mm short.

Looks like my caveat was valid.

But Robert Mitchell, 63, was branded a 'fantasist' by the hospital that he had claimed had pulled the bullet out of his leg during a routine hernia operation and a military expert said there was no evidence of him having ever received the Distinguished Service Medal.
An expert, who would not be named, said: 'The number of Distinguished Service Medals awarded since the Second World War is tiny and this chap is not listed among them.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ospital-contradicts-claims.html#ixzz1sbt4iqb6

 

[hobbit.]

What motivates the daily mail? and what kind of right wing arsehole buys it?

 

[torchthebitch]

What motivates the daily mail? and what kind of right wing arsehole buys it?

Buys? Clearly those benighted Luddites who refuse to adopt IT.

 

[hobbit.]

Buys? Clearly those benighted Luddites who refuse to adopt IT.

it wasn't attack on you, but seriously.. who buys the rag? and the bullet hasn't even been fired, let alone hit anyone / anything. (imho)

 

[torchthebitch]

it wasn't attack on you,

I didn't think it was. I was refering to those who mistake it for a newspapper.

but seriously.. who buys the rag? and the bullet hasn't even been fired, let alone hit anyone / anything. (imho)

I'm not completely certain, but I think you can see striations on it from the riling. But they may be artefacts from the lighting.

 

[hobbit.]

I didn't think it was. I was refering to those who mistake it for a newspapper.



I'm not completely certain, but I think you can see striations on it from the riling. But they may be artefacts from the lighting.

not being a balistics expert,but if it has been fired, it can only have hit something soft,such as balistics gel. (or the head of a daily mail buyer)
Paul Dacre is worried that asylum seekers may eat our unemployed and cause a reduction in the numbers of people on benefits.