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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera View Post
I guess over the length of a 20 year long series the writers had to have lots of gunfights in a series called Gunsmoke. I wonder if any human on the planet was ever shot even halve that many times and lived. Maybe it was just TV and the writers figured no one would remember.
Mike Day was close to half (11 of the 27 hit body armor). Walked to the helicopter when the gunfight was over.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/11503612/Meet-the-Navy-SEAL-who-was-shot-27-times-and-lived-to-tell-the-story.html
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