On 14 September 1961, in connection with an attack on a weapons depot deep in the Congo, Swedish UN soldier Torsten Stålnacke (Battalion XIIK) advanced by himself against an enemy firing position, armed with a Carl Gustav recoilless rifle. He took out an enemy armored car and a number of enemies before his jaw was shot to pieces.
His chin hung down to his chest and he was suffocating. With his fingers he cleared the neck free from bone fragments and was thereby able to breath again. During the retreat, and with whistling bullets around him, Stålnacke kept his chin up with one hand and held the recoilless rifle with the other and managed, to lead two badly shocked comrades out of the battlefield; making their way to an Italian Red Cross camp in Élisabethville.
The Italian chief medical director Giuseppe Cipolat who initiated the treatment of Stålnacke in Élisabethville, later said: "I served as a field medic in World War II, including the desert battles of Tobruk, and have taken care of wounded soldiers from many countries but I have never met a soldier who showed such courage and willpower as Torsten Stålnacke did." Hardfuck approved #stayzero #zerofoxtrot #hardcore #badass #military #slayinginthecongo