THE "Stay Lucky" soldier pictured wearing a helmet riddled with bullet holes was playing a PRANK.
Comical commando Eric Walderman and his comrades fooled Gulf War II newsmen by pretending he had escaped death by inches when he was shot at while fighting Iraqis.
In fact his Kevlar helmet was just lying on top of his pack when it was peppered by fellow Marines trying to hit an unexploded anti-tank weapon.
I'm thinking this is a pretty funny thing to do. They're yankin' the media. Then I read this;
"It will go down in history as a great wheeze."
Eric’s receptionist girlfriend Lindsey Robinson, 25, was among those who cheered his luck after the "firefight". She said: "I can’t believe it."
First off, getting shot at by Iraqis is now the LEAST of his problems. HE DIDN'T TELL HIS GIRLFRIEND.
Second, what the heck is a wheeze?
