http://seanlinnane.blogspot.com/2009/08/dr-ruth-westheimer-media-darling.html
Never would have guessed that.......
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Never would have guessed that.......
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Re: Dr. Ruth.......a sniper?
Yup.
The future Dr. Ruth was born Karola Ruth Siegel in Germany in 1928, the only child of an Orthodox Jewish couple. In 1939, after young Karola's father had been taken by the Nazis, her mother and grandmother sent her to Switzerland to get her out of harm's way. She did not see her family again, as her mother and grandmother lost their lives in the Holocaust.
At Dr. Ruth Westheimer 16, the orphaned girl moved to Israel and joined Haganah, an underground Jewish military organization. She served as a lookout and sniper but never killed anyone.
Says Dr. Ruth of that interval:
"When I was in my routine training for the Israeli army as a teenager, they discovered completely by chance that I was a lethal sniper. I could hit the target smack in the center further away than anyone could believe. Not just that, even though I was tiny and not even much of an athlete, I was incredibly accurate throwing hand grenades too. Even today I can load a Sten automatic rifle in a single minute, blindfolded."
Her military career was cut short when she was seriously injured:
"My legs were almost ripped off on my 20th birthday in 1948 in Jerusalem from cannon ball shrapnel which exploded in the student's residence where I was living. Three other students were killed instantly and many more were wounded. The metal pierced both my legs, and there was blood everywhere. A cannon ball from Jordan had smashed through the window. I was thrown 20 feet. The strangest thing was that all I could think about was whether there might be some blood on the brand-new shoes I had just gotten for my birthday, and amazingly there wasn't even a drop on them, which was all I cared about in some kind of strange denial."
Yup.
The future Dr. Ruth was born Karola Ruth Siegel in Germany in 1928, the only child of an Orthodox Jewish couple. In 1939, after young Karola's father had been taken by the Nazis, her mother and grandmother sent her to Switzerland to get her out of harm's way. She did not see her family again, as her mother and grandmother lost their lives in the Holocaust.
At Dr. Ruth Westheimer 16, the orphaned girl moved to Israel and joined Haganah, an underground Jewish military organization. She served as a lookout and sniper but never killed anyone.
Says Dr. Ruth of that interval:
"When I was in my routine training for the Israeli army as a teenager, they discovered completely by chance that I was a lethal sniper. I could hit the target smack in the center further away than anyone could believe. Not just that, even though I was tiny and not even much of an athlete, I was incredibly accurate throwing hand grenades too. Even today I can load a Sten automatic rifle in a single minute, blindfolded."
Her military career was cut short when she was seriously injured:
"My legs were almost ripped off on my 20th birthday in 1948 in Jerusalem from cannon ball shrapnel which exploded in the student's residence where I was living. Three other students were killed instantly and many more were wounded. The metal pierced both my legs, and there was blood everywhere. A cannon ball from Jordan had smashed through the window. I was thrown 20 feet. The strangest thing was that all I could think about was whether there might be some blood on the brand-new shoes I had just gotten for my birthday, and amazingly there wasn't even a drop on them, which was all I cared about in some kind of strange denial."
Re: Dr. Ruth.......a sniper?
Huh. Who'd have guessed?
I heard (or read?) a looong time ago about Israel preferring women for snipers? Is this true or just a tale? The idea behind it was that they are more "natural" shooters.
Huh. Who'd have guessed?
I heard (or read?) a looong time ago about Israel preferring women for snipers? Is this true or just a tale? The idea behind it was that they are more "natural" shooters.
Re: Dr. Ruth.......a sniper?
Snopes & Wiki confirms... not that their 100% reliable
http://www.snopes.com/medical/doctor/drruth.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Westheimer
I'm always leery of these stories since people still think Mr. Rogers is a decorated sniper lol...
Snopes & Wiki confirms... not that their 100% reliable
http://www.snopes.com/medical/doctor/drruth.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Westheimer
I'm always leery of these stories since people still think Mr. Rogers is a decorated sniper lol...
Re: Dr. Ruth.......a sniper?
i have a feeling she tactically observed others in her later gig.
from one shot down the pipe, to one pipe shooting a hole!
that's pretty amazing stuff though.
i have a feeling she tactically observed others in her later gig.
from one shot down the pipe, to one pipe shooting a hole!
that's pretty amazing stuff though.
Re: Dr. Ruth.......a sniper?
She can kill you and tell you how to ....... Good stuff
She can kill you and tell you how to ....... Good stuff
Re: Dr. Ruth.......a sniper?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Broker</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Snopes & Wiki confirms... not that their 100% reliable
http://www.snopes.com/medical/doctor/drruth.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Westheimer
I'm always leery of these stories since people still think Mr. Rogers is a decorated sniper lol...
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Of course she was a sniper, who else could tell you with exact detail and accuracy about your sex life but a sniper
Before hitting the sac you know she took into effect moisture,thread count,angle,lube,girth,size..lol..etc...
dope the scope takes on a whole new meaning now thinking of her
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Broker</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Snopes & Wiki confirms... not that their 100% reliable
http://www.snopes.com/medical/doctor/drruth.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Westheimer
I'm always leery of these stories since people still think Mr. Rogers is a decorated sniper lol...
</div></div>
Of course she was a sniper, who else could tell you with exact detail and accuracy about your sex life but a sniper
Before hitting the sac you know she took into effect moisture,thread count,angle,lube,girth,size..lol..etc...
dope the scope takes on a whole new meaning now thinking of her
Re: Dr. Ruth.......a sniper?
She told the story on Howard Stern... Surprising
She told the story on Howard Stern... Surprising
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