Shrapnel Quotes

(Many of the victims catalogued the lasting effects of the bombings, pointing out shrapnel wounds and severed fingers, speaking of constant pain and sleeping pills, hearing loss, seizures and nightmares.) Look at my face, my hand, my limp, the damage that is visible, ... Now, consider the emotional damage. May my face, my injuries and my statement be what you see and hear every night.

Tire debris and wheel shrapnel resulted in damage to the No. 2 engine, puncture of three fuel tanks, and severance of several hydraulic lines and electrical wires. Additionally, a large hole was torn in the top wing skin which covers the wheel well area.

Suddenly, at about ten o`clock, a dull thud sounded somewhere far away from us, and simultaneously we saw a small white round cloud about half a mile ahead of us where the shrapnel had exploded. The battle had begun.

Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite a number of men actually fell asleep from sheer exhaustion in the trenches, in spite of the roaring of the cannon about us and the whizzing of shrapnel over our heads.

When we got down from the ambulances there were sharp cracks about us as bursts of shrapnel splashed down upon the Town Hall square. Dead soldiers lay outside and I glanced at them coldly. We were in search of the living.