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Posted by: Varadinum 1 year, 4 months ago

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Hanoi - Doctors have removed a bullet from the heart of a Vietnamese soldier nearly four decades after he was shot by US troops during the Vietnam war, doctors said on Monday.Le Dinh Hung, 60, underwent surgery at a Hanoi hospital on Friday and is recovering quickly, said Dr Nguyen Sinh Hien, who spent three hours operating on Hung. "It is th

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PucciPat1 year, 4 months ago

awesome
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Truzseeker1 year, 4 months ago

Bizzare, and he's happy that the pain in his chest has been relieved ? I would be too, but after 39 years ?
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  TOtheMOON1 year, 4 months ago
  
  I couldn't imagine having pain that long. I'm a big baby when it comes to pain. I suppose they couldn't do the surgery until they felt like he would actually survive it.
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Murambatsvina1 year, 4 months ago

Amazing story. Hope all goes well for Mr. Hung.
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Methysmenos1 year, 4 months ago

Quite the souvenir he has.
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ConquerorWyrm1 year, 4 months ago

wow
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Teagen1 year, 4 months ago

Gee they have national health and it only took 39 years. Sounds like the way not to go.
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bklynwill1 year, 4 months ago

MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN TAKE THE BULLET OUT MY HEART ITS BEEN 18 YEARS
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aesculapius1 year, 4 months ago

how could it take SO long to detect that bullet? downright amazing.
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  AnvilHead1 year, 4 months ago
  
  mostly because the 5.56mm round was designed to deform and tumble on contact and penetration, picture getting shot in the knee and it coming out your elbow. The round is famous for doing weird changes of direction by tumbling and deflection on bone.
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