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  2. 96-year-old Korean War veteran still attempting to get Purple ...

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    Accidental back injuries generally don't qualify a service member for a Purple Heart, but wounds from enemy shrapnel can. Meyer finished out his tour guarding prisoners of war. He was honorably ...

  3. Blast-related ocular trauma - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, initiation of emergency ophthalmic care often occurs hours after injury. Initial examination by a military ophthalmologist begins with gross examination of each eye and orbital. 73-82% of all ocular injuries resulting from mine explosions are due to fragmentation of shrapnel upon detonation, so gross anatomical inspection by penlight ...

  4. Shrapnel shell - Wikipedia

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    This engraving shows a 12-pounder U.S. shrapnel shell c. 1865. It is fitted with a Borman fuse. In the cutaway view, the dark grey is the wall of the shell, the medium grey is sulphur resin, the light grey are the musket balls, and the black is the bursting charge.

  5. Falling on a grenade - Wikipedia

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    One grenade exploded, severely injuring him and the other failed to detonate. Lucas lived, but spent the rest of his life with over 200 pieces of shrapnel in his body. In 2008 near Sangin in Afghanistan, British Royal Marine Matthew Croucher used his rucksack to pin a tripwire grenade to the floor. His body armor absorbed the majority of the blast.

  6. Injured American citizen’s condition ‘worsening’ after ...

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    The 31-year-old man suffered shrapnel injuries to his upper body and was admitted to the operating room Sunday evening local time, the Galilee Medical Center said in a statement.

  7. Ukraine says Russian shelling targets civilians in Kharkiv region

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    They were treated for shrapnel injuries in Belgorod, he wrote on the Telegram messaging app. Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address that Ukrainian forces were on surer footing, particularly ...

  8. Wounded in action - Wikipedia

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    A battle casualty other than killed in action who has incurred an injury due to an external agent or cause. The term encompasses all kinds of wounds and other injuries incurred in action, whether there is a piercing of the body, as in a penetrating or perforated wound, or none, as in the contused wound; all fractures, burns, blast concussions, all effects of biological and chemical warfare ...

  9. Ukraine rains missiles on Sevastopol, Crimea, Russian ...

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    "Our military is repelling a massive attack on Sevastopol," Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Russia-installed governor of Sevastopol, said on the Telegram messaging app. ... One woman suffered a shrapnel ...