Marine recovering after being shot in head

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Lance Cpl. Sam Hansen sites with Assistant Commandant Gen. Robert Magnus on May 15 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, after receiving the Purple Heart.


Marine recovering after being shot in head
By Dan Lamothe - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday May 27, 2008 6:49:14 EDT

Lance Cpl. Sam Hansen was on a Mother’s Day vehicle patrol in Taliban-heavy Garmser, Afghanistan, when insurgents opened fire.

An assaultman with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, Hansen made a move for the vehicle’s gun turret, said his father, Ron Hansen. The Marine wanted to “rack the ,” his father said, readying the gun to return fire if he and the Marines he was with could identify who was shooting.

Huddling in the turret, the younger Hansen received directions from his commanding officer to keep his head down — insurgents in the area had shown recent accuracy. But it was too late.

Pop. Pop. Pop.

The lance corporal’s body began ringing “like a tuning fork,” he later told his father.


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