Guardsman Hit by a Sniper's Bullet Digs Round From Own Arm ; Soldier Describes Ordeal Suffered During His First Fire Fight with Taliban
Derby Evening Telegraph › November 04, 2009
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A DERBYSHIRE soldier, shot in the arm by the Taliban in Afghanistan, dug out the bullet and treated it himself. Guardsman Lewis Coulbert was on patrol in the middle of the night when a single shot from an enemy sniper ricocheted around the compound in which he was holed up and entered his upper arm.
Guardsman Coulbert, from Ashbourne, said the shot felt like "being jabbed in the arm really hard".See the full content of this document
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Guardsman Hit by a Sniper's Bullet Digs Round From Own Arm ; Soldier Describes Ordeal Suffered During His First Fire Fight with Taliban
He said: "It was not until the end of the contact (fire fight with the enemy) that I noticed my arm was covered in blood.
"I p...See the full content of this document
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