Ronald Brown stepped on a land mine while on a mission in France in August
1944.
The blast peppered his left leg with red-hot fragments and he was forced to
crawl two miles to safety.
But because of medical conditions of the day it was thought safer to leave
shrapnel in his body.
He survived the war but only ever told his family the basic story and said the
accident had left him with a 'bad knee'.
Mr Brown told loved ones he still had a 'bullet' in his leg and asked his grandchildren not to sit on his knee because of the pain it caused.
Mr Brown told loved ones he still had a 'bullet' in his leg and asked his grandchildren not to sit on his knee because of the pain it caused.
The bag contained a whopping 6oz of bomb shrapnel that he had been carrying around for 60 years.
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That was one tough S.O.B! Don't make them like that anymore.
ReplyDeleteFew and far between.
DeleteGreat story , I hate to see these WW-II vets. passing away. There was a man lived across the road from me for 18yrs. recently died . His death was caused somehow by a huge mass off scar tissue in his stomach and intestines,from wounds suffered at Iwo Jima.He never mentioned the war as long as I knew him. Indeed , sometimes I believe this country has bluffed it's way thru on the deeds of past generation's.
ReplyDeleteI believe this country has bluffed it's way thru on the deeds of past generation's.
DeleteAnd the piper will have to be paid.