Surviving a Direct Hit

November 21, 2018 00:50:11
Surviving a Direct Hit
The Spear
Surviving a Direct Hit

Nov 21 2018 | 00:50:11

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Show Notes

In 2007, Patrick Melton was a military police soldier on his first deployment in Baghdad, when his combat outpost was hit by a barrage of improvised, rocket-assisted munitions. He was sitting inside a vehicle as he and others in his unit prepared for a mission when the vehicle suffered a direct hit. Listen to him tell the story of how they reacted when the attack destroyed everything around them.

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