"You don't "misremember" being under fire, or the "crack-thump" of bullets winging past you."

I was shot 'near' when I was doing some hunting about 50 miles from Montreal. Some idiot with a rifle had shot at something and missed. (Must have been a fairly high-power rifel because it was deer season.) I had a Vostok .22 and was looking for rabbit, raccoon, grouse (sitting on the ground or in lower branches of trees) and squirrel. The projectile hit a tree that was about three yards away from me and I could see the score mark on the bark. I hit the deck and tried to become one with the ground. I fired the full clip to let that numbnuts know I was in line with his fire. Rapaire is right. Ya never forget that sound.

Gettin' shot at can sure focus yer mind. (I went looking for the guy. Probably a good thing I didn't find him.)