Unbreakable II: Brit soldier shot in face by Taliban, spits the bullet out

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14 July 2010, 08:36

China Fleet Sailor

Unbreakable II: Brit soldier shot in face by Taliban, spits the bullet out

Then walks 3 kilometers to an aid station

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A brave British soldier who was shot in the face by the Taliban spat out the bullet - then walked nearly two miles for treatment before being rushed home for an emergency operation.

Lance Corporal Luke Reeson, 22, was on patrol in Nad-e-Ali in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan when the insurgent's bullet hit his Osprey body armour.

But the bullet ricocheted off , smashing into his lower cheek and back out through his mouth.

Despite the bullet shattering his jaw, Lance Corporal Reeson from Torquay in Devon, managed to walk three kilometres with his injury to get medical aid.

The soldier, who was shot in May while serving with the 1 Duke of Lancashire Regiment, Somme Company, has now returned to active duty in Afghanistan.

14 July 2010, 21:25

plainsman456

Tuff LAD that one.

16 August 2010, 05:01

D Humbarger

He ws extremely lucky

02 September 2010, 21:24

seafire/B17G

He's also extremely tough like a British Soldier of days past..

it is great to see men like this serving Britain.. especially since their government has gotten down on their knees and spread their butt cheeks to allow radical Islam to do what they damn well please in Britain..

05 September 2010, 23:37

COOL

Just three weeks later Luke drove himself to his regiment's base in Catterick, North Yorkshire, and rejoined his colleagues in Afghanistan.

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