Marine credited with saving Okinawa woman’s life after venomous snakebite

"We were grilling burgers and hot dogs and suddenly we heard an elderly woman screaming in a language we didn’t understand," James said, according to the Marine statement. "We didn’t know what was wrong until she started screaming out ‘habu, habu.'"

James, of Dubois, Neb., did not hesitate, the statement said. He found the bitemarks and quickly fastened a tourniquet two inches above the wound, using a friend’s belt.