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Very strong

by lhawk01

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Contributed by 
lhawk01
People in story: 
Charels Hawkins
Background to story: 
Army
Article ID: 
A5985336
Contributed on: 
02 October 2005

This story is about a very strong man.

When my grandfather was on the battlefeild and was ready to die, a man picked him up and carried him to safty, this man was really messed up,half of his body skin and was blowen away to whre you could se his bones and still carried my grandfather off the battlefield,but when my grandfather turned to thank him he was already dead,every time my grandfather told this story he was in tears,my grandfather was the only one out of his platoon to survive (which is over 1000 men).he lived until 78yrs and was married to a women named Bertha, and had 6 children, Ron,Andy,Chuck,Beada,Gordon,Lyle,and I this is 1 of Lyle's children telling this story.

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