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Tchocky
03-30-08, 06:40 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/7321647.stm

Wow
Trex
03-30-08, 11:25 PM
"First to land..."
Venatore
03-31-08, 02:09 AM
Excellent :up:
Jimbuna
03-31-08, 06:03 AM
Good luck to him :up:
Tchocky
03-31-08, 06:10 AM
I'm trying to imagine the atmosphere in the squad after he survived that blast.


"Er, thanks mate. Er..."
XXi
03-31-08, 08:22 AM
I think that he deserves the Victoria Cross.
Trex
03-31-08, 10:31 AM
There certainly has been at least one VC awarded for that, in Hong Kong, but it was posthumous. Sadly, although the level of bravery is not one whit less, I suspect the staffazoids and bureaucrats will somehow count his survival against it.

This is by no means limited to any one country. I was surfing a US site on Medals of Honour citations. It got damned depressing - every other one from Vietnam was, "...threw himself on grenade... posthumous'. Yike!
mr chris
03-31-08, 11:05 AM
Deffently deserves the VC.
bookworm_020
03-31-08, 07:32 PM
I'm trying to imagine the atmosphere in the squad after he survived that blast.


"Er, thanks mate. Er..."

I sure he didn't have to buy drinks after that!:yep:
Tango589
04-01-08, 12:50 PM
This man is a credit to the Royal Marines and I sincerely hope he is awarded the VC. If the award was up for public poll as to the winner he would get my vote.:up: