Army Sargent took 9mm to the face and survived!

[NJdiverTony 27]

Guns.com would never call a war story “normal” but the one we’ve got for you today has to rank up there as one of the most bizarre.  It’s also a story that underlines how unpredictable a gun’s performance can be in the heat of battle and along those same lines, how resilient our troops can be when they’re in a war zone.  On December 24, 2004 a US Sergeant Reservist Citizen Soldier was admitted to the Ibn Sina Hospital in Baghdad covered in his own blood.  This was not an uncommon occurrence at the hospital but the story behind how he came to arrive there is fantastic and if you ever needed convincing to brush your teeth, here it is:

 

Click link for rest of the story: http://www.guns.com/army-sergeant-took-9mm-round-to-face-saved-by-the-skin-of-his-teeth.html

[blksheep 466]

Thank goodness he survived.

[Sivl32 27]

damn! I wanna use whatever tooth paste he's using.. and i love that the terrorist cowered in fear of this amazing soldier who took one to the face and kept coming.. wow

[johnp 45]

Skoal can down, toothbrush up

[NJdiverTony 27]

Yeah, pretty wild... The picture of the soldier with the 9mm bullet lodged in the place where his tooth used to be is nuts! You can clearly see the base of the bullet lodged in his gums. I'm glad the guy survived and put the smackdown on the insurgent that shot him.

[RedBowTies88 41]

thats totally amazing and im glad the guy is OK but one has to wonder..... squib load?

[Babyface Finster 45]

So the insurgent surrendered after shooting the soldier point-blank in the face? If the enemy was still breathing even a couple seconds later it is testament to the self-control of US soldiers.

[RedBowTies88 41]

he didn't know he was shot or it may have ended differently...

 

 

Upon more thought,...maybe it was 9x18?

[hd2000fxdl 422]

Wow, lucky, glad he's ok.

 

No being that no body else brought it up,,,, YET,,,, So I guess 9mm isn't a good SD/HD round...

[NJdiverTony 27]

No being that no body else brought it up,,,, YET,,,, So I guess 9mm isn't a good DS/HD round...

 

Oh no you didn't!!! LOL!

[Babyface Finster 45]

he didn't know he was shot or it may have ended differently...

 

 

Upon more thought,...maybe it was 9x18?

 

He might not have known he was shot, but he sure as hell knew he was shot at.

 

He still

[BarkNBite 15]

Great outcome...............but.... that's why I depend on a 45ACP.

[GRIZ 3,369]

This is not the first time I've heard of this.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/18/us/2-customs-agents-shot-at-the-mexican-border.html

 

The link doesn't tell the entire story. One of the inspectors was shot in the mouth, the bullet hit his teeth and took a 90 degree turn, exiting the bottom of his jaw, and lodging in the flesh of the

inspector's chest (didn't penetrate the breastbone). The bg used a 380. The inspector hit the BG 3 times, killing him.

 

Not quite the same but a friend of mine in Vietnam was yawning when a AK round entered his mouth at an angle and exited his cheek. It didn't touch his teeth. He was in the hospital for a week or so, back at battalion for light duty fow a few weeks and back in the field in about a month.

 

There is someone who watches after the good guys.

[Sivl32 27]

Wow, lucky, glad he's ok.

 

No being that no body else brought it up,,,, YET,,,, So I guess 9mm isn't a good DS/HD round...

 

someone just had to say it.

[PhilipJFry 4]

My cousin took 3 .45 rounds to the face point blank and lived. He is an ex 82nd Airborne paratrooper.

http://www.thehighro...hp/t-24876.html

 

He said the worst part was watching himself get shot on the dash cam tape.