Posted by
Dave Perkins on Wednesday, August 22, 2007 1:01:52 PM
Seems like every war brings a few examples of this kind of story.
Man wearing body armor hit by enemy bullet, but Bible in pocket stops bullet from killing him.
Body armor didn't prevent the bullet from reaching this man. And if the Bible had not been hit, the bullet would have ricocheted off the inside of the armor and done more damage, probably killing him.
Now he has a new reason to call it the Good Book.
This isn't the first time a Bible has been credited with saving a soldier's life. And it isn't the only thing... sometimes it's a Zippo lighter, more rarely a metal flask of booze or a metal cigarette case. The last two are generationally antiquated, but gave us a few good war stories in the 40s and 50s.
But the Bible travels with our soldiers in every war. Perhaps these young men weren't allowed to read it in high school last year, but fortunately the military has yet to fully implement liberalism.