Word: shrapnel
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...kept on. He never lost his smile either. I was putting a tourniquet on his stump when shrapnel cut up his hands. Some of it hit me, but the skipper took the brunt...
...morning of Feb. 3, 1918, McGonegal went out as a grenadier, opening the way for wiring parties. The Germans signaled back for a barrage. As McGonegal fumbled for another hand grenade, shrapnel struck his head. He sagged down. When he rallied he tried to prop himself on his hands, to rise. But he found his arms were gone just below the elbows...
Then weary men, with a restless look in their eyes, sat behind the front and talked: of the "awful accurate" fire by Jerry snipers and machine gunners, of the bare and hostile Italian field sprinkled by shrapnel, of the muddy holes, of hopelessness and death. They said: "It's sure not a soft...
...water. Major Rice and 17 men scampered into the small craft, which headed for the beach through a barrage of mortar and automatic-weapon fire. The Higgins boat milled around for another ten minutes, getting its share of near-misses. One Marine picked a half-dozen pieces of shrapnel from his lap, stared at them. Another said: "Oh God, I'm scared...
Said the sailor with the shrapnel wounds, echoing the thoughts of the others: "Sure I wanted to join. The officer who discharged me said, 'If you're smart you'll join the Legion. They can do things...