Que Huevos!

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**Oldgrue**

This man deserves drinks for life!

"I remember thinking that if I didn't pull this off, it was going to hurt," he said. "But at that stage I was pretty much committed."

Split seconds after the grenade left his hand it exploded in mid-air, firing fragments into Rifleman McKie's face and arm.

Discuss your men and women in uniform's bravery. Not the whys of being there, just their crowning moments.

**Albatross**

This guy:

On 1 May, 2004, Beharry was driving a Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicle that had been called to the assistance of a foot patrol caught in a series of ambushes. The Warrior was hit by multiple rocket propelled grenades, causing damage and resulting in the loss of radio communications. The platoon commander, the vehicle’s gunner and a number of other soldiers in the vehicle were injured. Due to damage to his periscope optics, Pte. Beharry was forced to open his hatch to steer his vehicle, exposing his face and head to withering small arms fire. Beharry drove the crippled Warrior through the ambush, taking his own crew and leading five other Warriors to safety. He then extracted his wounded comrades from the vehicle, all the time exposed to further enemy fire. He was cited on this occasion for "valour of the highest order".

While back on duty on 11 June, 2004, Beharry was again driving the lead Warrior vehicle of his platoon through Al Amarah when his vehicle was ambushed. A rocket propelled grenade hit the vehicle six inches from Beharry's head and he received serious shrapnel injuries to his face and brain. Other rockets hit the vehicle incapacitating his commander and injuring several of the crew. Despite his life threatening injuries, Beharry retained control of his vehicle and drove it out of the ambush area before losing consciousness. He required brain surgery for his head injuries, and he was still recovering when he was awarded the VC in March 2005. He suggested on at least one occasion that he would return to military service if physically able.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_Beharry

He's the only living Victoria Cross holder, iirc.

I LOVE this quote from him:

"Some days you['re] the bug, some days you['re] the windshield"—Private Johnson Beharry, VC

**Anshal**

Both men are heros in my book as far as I am concerd, good to see that their bravery is rewarded.

**Kilkrazy**

Radio 4 had the story of a US Army woman helicopter pilot. Her Black Hawk was hit by an RPG while she was on some mission in Iraq. The blast basically blew off both legs and one arm. She managed to land the helicopter safely before passing out.

When in hospital the surgeons wanted to remove both legs at a high level she refused, and pioneered the technique of a low level amputation which enabled her to have a more useful bionic limb attached. So other amputees benefit from her work.

This is her:

http://www1.va.gov/opa/bios/bio_duckworth.asp

**filbert**

Not to lower the tone of the thread but isn't huevo Spanish for egg?

**Kilkrazy**

Yes, it is.

Rancher's Eggs are yummy!

**Oldgrue**

filbert wrote:Not to lower the tone of the thread but isn't huevo Spanish for egg?

and a crude reference to one's man-parts.

**sonofruss**

As in he or she is hanging a pair of brass ones