Soldier Impaled By RPG in Afghanistan

The book WAR HEROES: Voices from Afghanistan.
One of the stories is about PVT Channing Moss, who was
impaled by a live RPG during a Taliban ambush while on patrol.
Army protocol says that medevac choppers are never
to carry anyone with a live round in him. Even though they
feared it could explode, the flight crew said damn the protocol
and flew him to the nearest aid station.
Again, protocol said that in such a case the patient is to be put
in a sandbagged area away from the surgical unit, given a shot
of morphine and left to wait (and die) until others are treated.
Again, the medical team ignored the protocol. Here's a seven-minute
video put together by the Military Times, which includes actual
footage of the surgery where Dr. John Oh, a Korean immigrant
who became a naturalized citizen and went to West Point, removed
the live round with the help of volunteers and a member of the EOD
(explosive ordinance disposal) team.
Moss has undergone six operations but is doing well at
home in Gainesville, GA.
                               Military Times