Post by Bronx on Feb 17, 2003 12:58:18 GMT -5
LONDON (Reuters) - Taking a bullet proved no pain in the neck for a World War II veteran who didn't discover it was there for 63 years.
Robert Kincaid, 84, learnt he had a bullet lodged in his neck after it showed up on a hospital X-ray, the Times newspaper said on Monday.
It had been there since 1940, when, as a 21-year-old soldier, he was shot by German troops during the evacuation of Dunkirk.
"I was absolutely amazed when the doctor said, 'did you know you had a bullet in your neck?'," he told the paper.
He said it had never caused him any pain, adding that he had always assumed it had passed through his neck after finding what he took to be an exit wound.
Doctors only made the discovery when Kincaid, who was a corporal with the 7th Battalion The Argyll and Southern Highlanders, was admitted to hospital after a fall.
And after 63-years he was more than happy to leave the bullet where it was. "I'm quite content not to have it removed in case it starts causing me problems," he said.
Robert Kincaid, 84, learnt he had a bullet lodged in his neck after it showed up on a hospital X-ray, the Times newspaper said on Monday.
It had been there since 1940, when, as a 21-year-old soldier, he was shot by German troops during the evacuation of Dunkirk.
"I was absolutely amazed when the doctor said, 'did you know you had a bullet in your neck?'," he told the paper.
He said it had never caused him any pain, adding that he had always assumed it had passed through his neck after finding what he took to be an exit wound.
Doctors only made the discovery when Kincaid, who was a corporal with the 7th Battalion The Argyll and Southern Highlanders, was admitted to hospital after a fall.
And after 63-years he was more than happy to leave the bullet where it was. "I'm quite content not to have it removed in case it starts causing me problems," he said.
