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Sniper and Cubs White Sox Fan
Coinside wrote a really great post about a sniper from the Chicago area - Staff Sergeant Michael Mendoza who is Someone You Should Know:
...He feels the position has been compromised. He radios his captain and requests immediate relocation. Denied- tomorrow maybe. Uneasy feeling now turns to uneasy and pissed.
Two hours later the clank of steel bouncing into the sniper hide startles the team to action. Mendoza said prior to this, he’d never actually heard the sound of a grenade bouncing on the cement about 10 feet away from he and his men, but nevertheless, there was no question what it was, "Grenade!" he yelled as he thrust his body in a direction opposite that of the grenade...
Read the whole story.

November 13, 2006 • Permalink
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