eccentric brit in WWII
Mar. 14th, 2009 07:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rmdso, i hadn't realized the brits had a guy in WWII who went into battle with a claymore.
not a 'claymore mine'. fuck that. the guy carried a fucking claymore sword. and a longbow. he is the only british soldier in WWII known to have killed an enemy soldier with a longbow.
wikipedia article on Fighting Jack Churchill
and the dude surfed.
found via cracked.com's list of 5 real life soldiers who make rambo look like a pussy.
not a 'claymore mine'. fuck that. the guy carried a fucking claymore sword. and a longbow. he is the only british soldier in WWII known to have killed an enemy soldier with a longbow.
wikipedia article on Fighting Jack Churchill
and the dude surfed.
found via cracked.com's list of 5 real life soldiers who make rambo look like a pussy.
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Date: 2009-03-14 01:40 pm (UTC)CAPSLOCK DOES NOT EVEN BEGIN TO COVER THAT SITUATION
As the ramps fell on the first landing craft, Churchill leapt forward from his position playing The March of the Cameron Men on bagpipes,[2] throwing a grenade and began running towards the bay.
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only Churchill and six others managed to reach the objective. A mortar shell killed or wounded everyone but Churchill, who played "Will Ye No Come Back Again?" on his pipes as the Germans advanced. He was knocked unconscious by grenades and was flown to Berlin for interrogation after being captured