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During World War I, Montgomery was shot in the right lung at Meteren in October 1914; he survived under a corpse for hours while a comrade was shot on top of him by a sniper.
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While ostensibly engaged to Lucy Mollin, Rommel begins an affair with Walburga Stemmer (immediately rechristened 'Val Burger' by the hosts) and fathers a daughter named Gertrude. He then returns to Lucy, marries her, and Val Burger dies young — which the hosts attribute largely to the indignity of being called Val Burger. The researcher's script typo — 'shot in the lung' rendered as something else — triggers the episode's longest and most anarchic tangent: a detailed discussion of a personal injury case involving a ferromagnetic butt plug, an MRI machine, and injuries sustained at the speed of sound. Producer Charlie produces the receipts. The hosts conclude, reasonably, that anyone wearing a butt plug to an MRI deserves whatever happens. The actual historical fact — that Montgomery was shot in the right lung at Meteren in October 1914 — is eventually confirmed.
At Meteren in October 1914, Monty was shot in the right lung. British forces thought he was dead. A comrade then lay on top of him for hours absorbing sniper fire. He survived. This experience — lying helpless under bodies while the war calamity unfolded around him — is thought to have made Monty obsessively cautious about casualties for the rest of his career.
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