The World's Luckiest Marine

Lance Cpl. Andrew Koenig shows the spot on his helmet where a Taliban bullet struck, almost centered, between the eyes. Bryan Denton for the Wall Street Journal

U.S. Marine Walks Away From Shot to Helmet in Afghanistan -- Wall Street Journal

MARJAH, Afghanistan—It is hard to know whether Monday was a very bad day or a very good day for Lance Cpl. Andrew Koenig.

On the one hand, he was shot in the head. On the other, the bullet bounced off him.

In one of those rare battlefield miracles, an insurgent sniper hit Lance Cpl. Koenig dead on in the front of his helmet, and he walked away from it with a smile on his face.

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My Comment: The way I see it, this soldier survived because God must have a very special mission for him in the future.