but this was only the first of many hee roik deeds jim would perform over the next 24 hours. after tending to the first wounded soldier, jim joined a mission to advance toward the enemy and advance they did. before long they were ambushed. again he ran into danger to rescue his men. as he cared for two soldiers, shrapnel from a rocket-propelled grenade slashed open the back of jim s body from head to foot. yet that terrible wound didn t stop jim from pulling those two men to safety, nor did it stop him from answering the plea of another wounded comrade and carrying him to safety atop his own badly injured body. he was badly injured. and so it went, shot after shot,