During the Korean war, one man was hurt badly on the battlefield of Heartbreak
Ridge. His buddies were in a foxhole about 50 yards away when the man was hit by
sniper fire in an ambush.
As the fire continued, the other men discussed amongst themselves what to do.
But since the sniper fire was too intense, to crawl out and bring back their
wounded buddy would mean almost certain death.
For a while no one would move. The men in the foxhole could hear their wounded
friend yelling for help. Then one of the men in the foxhole began to look
intensely at his own watch. He could not keep his eyes off it. All others in the
foxhole noticed this, and began to ask questions. But the soldier with the watch
remained silent.
All of a sudden, the man with the watch jumped out of the foxhole, and crawled
over to his wounded buddy. He then grabbed him by the nape of the collar, and
very slowly made his way back to the foxhole, all the while sniper fire whizzing
around. Both amazingly did make it back to the foxhole without another bullet
penetration.
After the sniper fire had died down, the man who saved his wounded buddy was
asked why he waited so long to crawl after his wounded friend. To which he
responded: "My mom said every day at the exact same time she would be praying
for me. And according to my watch, I left the foxhole exactly when she started
praying."
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dictate.
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